Wise counsel tells us that we must talk to depression—fight it—rather than merely listen to it. What we often hear from depression is, “God doesn’t care”—if, indeed, we hear God’s name at all. What we say to it is, “Put your hope in God.” Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. (Ps. 42:5–6, 11) “Hope.” There it is again. Hope is the constant companion of perseverance.
