IN WEEPING AND REJOICING
In Weeping and Rejoicing breaks down a biblical understanding of emotions and offers readers a practical way forward in their emotional struggles.
Through In Weeping and Rejoicing, discover how seven core emotions—joy, sadness, fear, peace, shame, anger, and love—can be clearly defined, dangerously distorted, and slowly developed in our everyday lives and struggles.
Note to the Reader: This book provides challenging and honest truth for your mental health journey from a non-clinical perspective. God can use many modes of healing to bring about our wholeness in the area of mental health—whether through wise counsel, modern medicine, biblical truth, and more—and the words you are about to read provide a Scripture-centered framework as you pursue these various avenues. Whether you struggle with depression, anxiety, or are wrestling through complex feelings, we encourage you to seek out professional guidance to pair with the truth you glean from this book. You are also welcome to explore mental-health related articles on our blog, WHEN, for additional insight.
In Weeping and rejoicing
This Book is for you if...
- You are seeking to understand God’s role for your emotions
- You are seeking healthy emotions driven by biblical truth and the gospel
- You are desiring your emotions to reflect God’s design
The Details
In Weeping and Rejoicing
Topic: Emotional Spirituality
Length of Study: 8 chapters
Focal Scripture: multiple passages
“People can be obsessed with feeling good. Everything in life and society serves to make people comfortable and pleased. Consumerism and sentimentalism are serious dangers in our world. But the solution is not to reject worldly pleasures completely. It would be a shame if in an effort not to worship happiness the church forfeited it completely.” (37-38)
—Paige Stitt McBride, author
Peek Inside
The Book Structure
Structure: 8 chapters
Elements: In Weeping and Rejoicing by Paige Stitt McBride is a book written to equip and encourage those of us who struggle to shape our emotional lives according to the Gospel. Through eight chapters, you will be guided into a thoroughly biblical understanding of emotions and then consider how a variety of specific emotions—joy, sadness, fear, peace, shame, anger, and love—can be clearly defined, dangerously distorted, and slowly developed in our everyday lives and struggles. If you have ever struggled to understand how the gospel relates to your mental health and emotions, this book is for you.
In Weeping and Rejoicing
From the Introduction
“The goal of this book is to equip us for such a project: a sanctification that so deeply invades our entire person that we level out old ruts of emotions that at one time came so naturally and conversely dig out new “ruts” in our hearts that make Gospel-emotions as natural as water flowing through a well-dug canal: they just happen.” (18)—Paige Stitt McBride
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Meet the Author
Paige Stitt McBride
Paige Stitt McBride, wife to Brett and mother to Violet and baby number two on the way, spends her days caring for her family and studying God’s Word for seminary, writing projects, her church, and personal devotion. She is also the author of Beauty Not Beheld. She prays her writing will equip readers to engage with the ancient Scriptures in our modern context to the glory of God.
Meet the Author
Paige's Story
Growing up in a loving, stable Christian home, it would seem that I had all I needed to flourish. Indeed, in many ways I did. I had a family that pointed me to the gospel of Jesus Christ and to the truth and power of the Scriptures as a source for life, hope, and flourishing. And yet, with all my worldly needs taken care of, I quickly found myself in a cage of emotional narcissism. All I could think about day to day was how I was feeling. And the majority of the time, I wasn’t feeling too good. I found myself heavily burdened by sorrow. The world seemed to be a very dark place to my weary eyes. I knew so many rich and healing biblical truths, but I rarely felt them.
My battle with depression that began during puberty continues to follow me today. Years of prayers, thoughtful conversations, counseling, and even medicinal treatment have all contributed to my current emotional progress. But it has been my exposure to the richness of God’s Word when it comes to my emotional life that has made all of those other elements effective. More and more, through careful study, patient prayer, and spiritual discipline, I am finding a way to feel the truth rather than simply understand the truth. I hope this book will help others start that very long and often discouraging journey of spiritual-emotional development.
