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If the Spirit is not producing joy in your life, then it’s important to consider that something in your life may, in fact, be blocking the work of the Spirit in you. But forgiveness is a minute-to-minute requirement for someone like you, who has incredibly high standards and lofty ideals.
Dance to your favorite song in the car, go dig your hands in the dirt in the garden, tickle your husband, make a mess; however you like to have fun, do it! I’m sorry you’ve been through traumatic experiences, but I pray that the healing Balm of Gilead, Jesus Christ, would wash over your spirit, soul, and body right now and soothe your soul, bringing comfort and renewal in all things. For you bless the righteous, O LORD; you cover him with favor as with a shield” (Psalm 5:11-12), so “Clap your hands, all peoples!I spent a solid year of my life monitoring every word of Trump coverage and I swear, I took my happiness and whittled away at it every day until I was exhausted, surrounded by a heap of wood shavings and nothing else to show for it. Who knows if I can average 30 again," he says, "but if the opportunity is there, I'll bet my life that I can. When you accept and love yourself as you are, and when you feel the inner peacefulness and calm inside yourself, you are able to see straight through your own tricks. I may have been spotty, working in a low-paid, dead-end job, and living in a pest-ridden house share in a bad part of town, but I couldn’t help but see the beauty and joy in things.
Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls” (1 Pet 1:8-9). When troubles come, “all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy, and spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may exult in you.I realized that all these thoughts did was give me something external to obsess over, to keep me from thinking about the real problem. Instead, spend your time thanking God for the people who have developed you, encouraged you, served with you, and you will have joy.
What I’ve noticed in my own life is that I feel shittier and shiittier when I blame myself for everything I feel (sadness, longing, impatience, rage) and I feel better and better the more I forgive myself for being just another downtrodden, flinchy human animal with your typical bad wiring system, obsessive brain, and exotic desires. I was also grateful for life’s many blessings and aware of the countless privileges bestowed upon me that had nothing to do with my work ethic or worth as a person. All we have to do to get our joy back is to withdraw from the world and lay alone at the feet of Jesus. It comes from the sense of security the believer has (John 3:16-17; 6:37, 39; 10:28-29; Rom 8:37-39-9:1); it comes when we shout praises to Him (Psalm 27:6, 47:1-3, 71:23); and it comes from knowing that even the bad things in life will work out for our very best in the sovereign plan and will of God (Rom 8:28). Each anecdote he gave felt like a reminder of how I was the antithesis of a good, thriving Christian.The only path forward for a sensitive, innervated soul is through compassion — for the self and for others. But so often, the first part says not to grieve, I never thought I could be doing that, but I guess I was. Shouldn’t it fill us with joy to know that the wrath of God was withheld from us and placed onto Christ on our behalf? com become the property of Ask Polly and New York Media LLC and will be edited for length, clarity, and grammatical correctness. When I lost my way, I was so focused on the negative, overwhelming feelings that I thought good things just didn’t happen for me anymore.
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