Your emotions are not a burden. They're a path back to God's heart. An excerpt from the foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada: "With the book you are holding, you have stumbled upon the best of guides. I should know. I first read The Cry of the Soul decades ago when I was still sorting through a lot of hurt and frustration connected with my quadriplegia (yes, I read it on that music stand holding a mouth stick). The Cry of the Soul showed me what to do with my anger and hurt—not stuff it under the carpet of my conscience, or minimize it, but actually do something good with it." All emotion—whether positive or negative—can give us a glimpse of the true nature of God. We want to control our negative emotions and dark desires. God wants us to recognize them as the cry of our soul to be made right with Him. Beginning with the Psalms, Cry of the Soul explores what Scripture says about our darker emotions and points us to ways of honoring God as we faithfully embrace the full range of our emotional life. With gentle wisdom and biblical guidance, Dr. Dan B. Allender and Dr. Tremper Longman offer a roadmap for: Processing your God-given emotions—even the dark ones—in a healthy way What the Psalms teach about wrestling with pain, suffering, and brokenness as a Christian The positive and negative sides of anger, fear, jealousy, and despair, and what they reveal about God's character Discover how emotions are not a hindrance to a deeper relationship with God—instead they're the cry of our souls for His restoration.

本書は、負の感情を抑圧すべき対象ではなく、神へと至る切実な「叫び」として捉え直す魂の解放の書です。心理学者のアレンダーと旧約学者のロングマンが紡ぐのは、人間の暗部を否定せず、そこに宿る神聖な真実を照らし出す対話です。怒りや絶望といった激しい情動を、自らを律するための足枷ではなく、自らを癒やすための地図として提示する視座は、あまりにも鮮烈で慈愛に満ちています。 特筆すべきは、詩篇を鏡として人間の深淵を覗き込む文学的な洞察力です。傷ついた心から発せられる言葉がいかにして絶対者への信頼へと昇華されるのか。そのプロセスを緻密に分析する筆致は、信仰の枠を超えて生の本質に迫る凄みを感じさせます。読者はページをめくるごとに、自身の影を抱きしめる勇気を与えられるでしょう。これは、傷ついた魂を救済へと誘う、崇高な精神の探求記録なのです。