I found this little gem of a quote by John Piper: “Periodic self-examination is needed and wise and biblical. But for the most part, mental health is the use of the mind to focus on worthy reality outside ourselves.”
I am very much an introvert. I could spend hours occupied just by my own thoughts. I can become quite depressing. That is why discovering reformed theology and reading authors like Piper, Mahaney and many others has given me so much joy. It is such a freeing thing and very good for my mental health to focus on God's all-satisfying sovereignty, greatness, and beauty.
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.
Psalm 43:5
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