tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post3757659056501888109..comments2023-11-17T07:24:10.333-05:00Comments on Glory to God: Joy, Self-Pity, and the Victim MentalityChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12741646073555849828noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post-9774748150115138892015-04-01T03:17:06.616-04:002015-04-01T03:17:06.616-04:00Poor boy. Will pray xPoor boy. Will pray xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post-44066190971197281842015-03-31T08:17:27.514-04:002015-03-31T08:17:27.514-04:00Oh, yes. This is so human! My son is fighting so h...Oh, yes. This is so human! My son is fighting so hard and is miserable so much of the time. He is bitter at times for sure and lashes out. I have to pray and counsel him toward Jesus and away from bitterness but things are complicated because sin plays so much a part of his scrupulosity OCD. I have to be careful using the world sin and let the Holy Spirit use it instead. He knows theology well enough to know solid truth but the ocd can be so powerful. He is even confused about what thoughts are from God and what is from the OCD. We're all in a living hell until he improves. Going to the doctor today to request a different med. Prozac stopped working after his concussion last August. Could be a coincidence, this worsening, but I don't think so.<br /><br />Depression is something we can't talk ourselves out of and God knows when it is chemically based. He loves us whatever the cause and his mercies are new every day! To be patient in affliction is one of the hardest things God asks of us, I believe.<br /><br />Bless you this week and Happy Easter too, Sandy.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12741646073555849828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814114731786461812.post-59826578265307260192015-03-31T04:36:05.643-04:002015-03-31T04:36:05.643-04:00This is a particularly poignant post as we approac...This is a particularly poignant post as we approach Easter. I think of the time when our dear Jesus was praying in the garden, when He said to His friends, "My soul is very sad and deeply grieved, so that I am almost dying of sorrow. Stay here and keep awake and keep watch with Me." (Matt 26:38, Amp) and then: '...going a little farther, He threw Himself upon the ground on His face and prayed saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will [not what I desire], but as You will and desire."' (Matt 26:39, Amp)<br />I think we can see that it was and is ok to feel sadness and sorrow over our situation. The test - if that is the right word - is in what we do with our sorrow. Do we become bitter and resentful or do we pray 'Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done'?<br />Having said that, to feel sorry for ourselves sometimes is human. We kind of have to learn how to pray through it. We have to learn how to 'give it to God' even when we do feel self-pity and bitterness. I always try to hand these things over to Him, which does help. I can be honest and say, "God, I just feel angry today." God loves us with all our flaws and sorrows. The broken places are where His light shines through. But it's not easy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com