While there are many good ideas, one thing that captures my mind most is shalom (שָׁל֑וֹם), which is not the absence of illness or disorder. It denotes the right relationship with God. John Swinton observes:
Shalomic mental health care has to do with helping people to hold on to God's presence at all times, even in the midst of symptoms and difficult experiences that may be interminable. The ultimate goal of mental health care is not simply the eradication of symptoms, but the facilitation of God's presence (p. 163).
This observation rings true as long as we live in this world, experiencing dark moments of life without resolutions. Job's final realization must be like this too. With his life's burdens and pains ongoing, his peace/shalom can come through the presence of God, not because anything was resolved but because there were no other options but to depend on God's presence.
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