“Yet you were not willing to go up, but rebelled against the command of the Lord your God; and you grumbled in your tents and said, ‘Because the Lord hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. Where can we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there.”’Deuteronomy 1:26-28
It is so easy to start feeling sorry for yourself and the key word in this is self. When your mind is not occupied on ‘things above’ it becomes extremely easy to slip into that mode and sometimes you need a caring friend to snap you out of it.
As Joyce Meyer often says “Pity parties are pitiful” and indeed they are. You can justify them all you want but the only attendee would be yourself. If you catch yourself starting to blurt out some self centered statement stop then and instead give praise to God for all the things you have to be grateful for.
Indeed things can make you sad but the key is to not focus on them or compare yourself to another person. Each person is on a unique journey, no two alike. Stay focused on the glory and goodness of God and you will have little time to feel sorry for yourself.
PRAYER: Oh Lord you are wonderful. You give me emotions but it is up to me to use them in a proper way. I know feeling sorry for myself is not the answer. Satan is the author of Junk like that and in Jesus’ name I cast him out. In Jesus’ name. Amen..
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