https://headhearthand.org/blog/2010/02/24/describing-the-indescribable/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 https://headhearthand.org/blog/2010/02/24/describing-the-indescribable/#comment-3102 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:19:02 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/blog/2010/02/24/describing-the-indescribable/#comment-3102 I’m so glad this helped you Barry. John Piper’s book is one of the best around on this subject.

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2010/02/24/describing-the-indescribable/#comment-3101 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:18:24 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/blog/2010/02/24/describing-the-indescribable/#comment-3101 I am so thankful for information such as this post which can assure folks in the deep of many things: they are not alone, the darkness will end, they have NOT been abandoned! Last week in our small group, a sister confimed for me what I’d learned was most painful – the mental and cognitive “impairments” often experienced during depression\anxiety make it most difficult to cope with the entire suite of negative impacts be they physical, emotional and/or spiritual. Furthermore, for the Christian it usually becomes a period of acute spiritual warfare, and the *enemy* goes straight for the spritual jugular – our joy and assurance of salvation! So, David, may our Lord apply the encouragement of your words as grace and healing to His sheep. In closing, during my recent lengthy depression, I was strengthened mightily by a song (“I Will Praise You in this Storm”, Casting Crowns) and a booklet (When the Darkness Does Not Lift, John Piper). The lyrics and narrative in each are potent.

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