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When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God—and Joy
Published by Crossway Books a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers 1300 Crescent Street Wheaton, Illinois 60187
Cover design: Josh Dennis
Cover photo: iStock
First printing 2007
Printed in the United States of America
All emphases in Scripture quotations have been added by the author unless otherwise noted.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Piper, John, 1946– When the darkness will not lift : doing what we can while we wait for God and joy / John Piper.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 13: 978-1-58134-876-7 (tpb) ISBN 10: 1-58134-876-2 1. Depressed persons—Religious life. 2. Spiritual life—Christi anity. 3. Expectation (Psychology)—Religious aspects—Christianity. 4. Trust in God. 5. Patience—Religious aspects—Christianity. 6. Depression, Mental—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title. BV4910.34.P57 2006 248.8'6—dc22 2006026383