Description
The last 10 years have seen an upturn in the number of
people reporting difficulties with emotional and mental health
issues, particularly anxiety and depression. And, it is often
the strongest who struggle under the weight of all they have
nobly tried to shoulder. Turn to the Bible, and this truth is
played out in the lives of some of its greatest characters. King
David led a nation – yet wrote some of the Bible’s bleakest
laments. Elijah worked outlandish public miracles – and
later pleaded God to take his life. Dedicated, hardworking
mother and woman of God Naomi acknowledged that she
had become characterised by bitterness. And lifelong God
follower Job found himself longing for a death that would not
come.
This book affirms that depressive illness can strike anyone –
not least the capable, busy people with the ‘can-do’ attitude
of the title. This special bespoke edition for the Christian
market takes a destigmatising, thoroughly informed approach
to depression, with a foreword by Will Van Der Hart, whose
own experience of ill mental health led to him founding Mind
& Soul, the leading Christian mental health organisation.