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On Getting Out of Bed

The Burden and Gift of Living

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On Getting Out of Bed

By: Alan Noble
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We aren't always honest about how difficult normal human life is.

For the majority of people, sorrow, despair, anxiety, and mental illness are everyday experiences. While we have made tremendous advancements in therapy and psychiatry, the burden of living still comes down to mundane choices that we each must make—like the daily choice to get out of bed.

In this deeply personal essay, Alan Noble considers the unique burden of everyday life in the modern world. Sometimes, he writes, the choice to carry on amid great suffering—to simply get out of bed—is itself a powerful witness to the goodness of life, and of God.

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Biblical Comfort • Compassionate Approach • Practical Advice • Theological Accuracy • Balanced Perspective
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I liked the later chapters. More practical than the others. Have to think through the thoughts that seemed to indicate mental health was unavoidable and uncontrollable.

Later chapters best

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Listening to this, I was faced with things I had learned already, and perspectives I had never heard before. It really blessed me, and I will be recommending it.

Candid and Simple

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Wow, I was really impressed with this book and Noble's taking on these sensitive issues. This is not a self-help book nor is it a "let go and let God" book. It is not a "name it and claim it" nor is it a "put on sack clothes and ashes it's you're fault" book. What this book is is a needed reminder that life is hard, we can go through hard times and live in hard ways, but God is God who has made promises we can trust and one of those promises is that He loves His children. This is a book about looking at depression, mental illness, panic attacks, or just feeling down through that lens and taking it on with the balance Noble gives it. I was so impressed with the balance here.

Noble stands on the line of truth and understanding. He will caution against over-diagnosis but then caution against turning a blind eye to issues that one needs to find help. He tells painful truths like one needs to avoid reveling in the dower nature for the attention of others while also being lovingly kind to people who stay silent to not burden people who need to seek out help from others. The overall arch is that sometimes just doing one little thing, like getting out of bed, is a goal and then you find your next, right thing to do.

Noble hangs the truth on a couple of different truths. 1) Being made in the image of God shows like our life is precious, 2) God has made promises we should believe in and one of the ways we can believe them is to show by actively doing so, and 3) we can biblically love ourselves, not in the worldly, superficial way but in the 1 Corinthians 13 way.

This is a book that I finished and ordered a physical copy to mark up and lend out to others. I would call this book one of my "reverse highlight" books in that I would have made it through it quicker if I highlighted what I DIDN'T want to pay attention to on quick glance. Noble's care and love for those struggling is evident and not just as someone who puts forward the "I am one of you too" but in the "God is a God who keeps His promises and the ultimate goal is for us keep on living for His glory". I highly recommend this book (I ordered his other two as well because of this). Final Grade - A+

Wow - ordered another copy

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As a person who struggled for years to get out of bed, this book concisely and practically stated exactly what works and what matters and how to go on.

Right on

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On Getting Out Of Bed meets me exactly where I am at. Everything he said was what I am experiencing, & his biblical advice was just what my soul needed to hear. This book is tremendously helpful for those of us struggling through mental illness.

Exactly what I am struggling with

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I played and replayed this book. What a boost to my weary, hopeless spirit. I plan to keep it at hand when I need a reminder of why getting out of bed is an act of worship, and why my life is worth living.

A lifeline

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I downloaded the audiobook after hearing an interview on The Holy Post podcast. I’ll be buying some hard copies to give away. This is an important book for those who struggle with mental and psychological issues and for those who love them.

Someone needs to read this

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A very balanced balm for depression and mental disorders. Validating the pain of life, but also speaking hard truth of the necessity to push past what we feel and decide to worship in our daily choice to do the next right (not perfect) thing ...like getting out of bed.

Grace and Truth

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This book wasn't written. It was literally birthed by the author. Every words seem to have a place. The words flow one another after each other like rhymes in a poem or in a song. Thank you Brother Alan for your words on wisdom and encouragement.

The best book One read this year

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Amazing book! I’m so thankful that a friend recommended it to me! I only wish I had found this book sooner!! Very sound and wonderful advice in the book that I will take with me for the rest of my life.

P.S. I love that it isn’t too long either. Straight to the point!

Everything I needed to hear to get out of bed!

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