I’m feeling sorry for myself today. Meditating on Psalm 13 is helping. God is good. For the director of music. A psalm of David. 1 How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Psalms’
God, depression and hope?
Posted: January 8, 2011 in Jesus, lifeTags: depression, Psalm 42, Psalm 43, Psalms, resurgence
Resurgence is doing a series on God & Depression based on Psalms 42 & 43. I was very excited when I saw the first post – I love the Psalms and I think they tap into human emotions so well. I think the Psalms are a great example of how to express emotions in prayer [...]
Dr Lloyd-Jones on Spiritual Depression
Posted: December 8, 2010 in Jesus, lifeTags: depression, Lloyd-Jones, Psalms, spiritual depression
Having thus described [spiritual depression] in general we can now proceed to state some of the general causes of the condition. First and foremost I would hesitate to put – temperament. There are, after all, certain different types of people. I wonder whether anyone i surprised that I put this first? I wonder whether anybody [...]
The first in a series from Resurgence on God & Depression, from Psalms 42 & 43. Lost sense of God The writer of Psalm 42 is a musician and leader in the Jerusalem temple who has somehow been cut off from his home, his friends, and his occupation. Being away from the temple, for him, [...]
