Are you: Feeling anxious? Feeling depressed because of
the loss of health, a relationship or a job? Grieving the
loss of a loved one? Grieving loss by a suicide? Feeling
hopeless? Concerned about a friend who has suicidal
thoughts?
This wise and helpful resource explores the nature
of personal suffering and brokenness and the potential
for personal crisis as a source of strength and
renewal instead of despair and death. Examining the
personal journeys of biblical and historical figures
such as Moses, Maimonides, Abraham Lincoln and
Martin Buberas well as the author's own personal
experience with despairit looks at brokenness as an
inescapable element of the human condition. It traces
the path of suffering from despair to depression to
desperation to the turning pointhealingwhen
firsthand knowledge of suffering can be transformed
into blessing.
Whether you have encountered despair and
depression personallythrough illness, loss, trauma or
betrayalor you know someone who is struggling with
brokenness, this book will provide an informative, safe
and comforting look at the nature of despair and the
ways you can overcome it.
