WHY? ... Beacuse you are not doing anything right!

 

 

Guilt is a paralyzing emotion.  I am fully aware of the damages to daily life Guilt can bring. 

 

I have a habit of feeling guilty for everything.   It keeps me depressed.  It produces

more bad days to feel guilty about.  It’s a vicious cycle.  Every small mistake is blown

up into a catastrophe.  Every small lacking quality becomes a reason to beat myself up. 

 

I feel guilty for not being as good or as pretty or as thin or as patient or as likeable or as stern or as active or as Godly or as good a wife or as good a mom or as good a home maker... this list could go on and on. 

 

Now to be honest usually, on a good day I can be "not easily offended" by my own thoughts and like I tell my daughter I can "shake it off".  I say my own self because that is totally true.  No one on earth has ever done as much to "Damage" me or hurt me.  No one has ever said the things I hear my brain saying to me on a daily basis, than what I tell MYSELF. 

 

"Why is this house a mess?  Why didn't your daughter do better today?  Why does your family have more bills than money sometimes?  Why didn't you work out longer, harder?  Why are you taking a break to watch TV?  Why didn't you finish that project?  Why haven't you seen your parents?  Why haven't you been a better sibling?" " Why are you still grieving?"  "Why are you sick, AGAIN"  "Why haven't you heard from that friend?"   "You KNOW why, don't you?... because you are not doing anything RIGHT!"  

 

I battle these feelings.  I have eaten these feelings.  I have tried to cry away these feelings.  I have, a time or two tried to drink away these feelings.  I have tried to blame others for these feelings. 

 

The truth is these feelings are the result of sin.  A sinful nature that started thousands of years in a garden, with a snake... You know the story.  The devil is not whispering these things in my ear.  These thoughts come and go and will continue to come and go because this world and this PERSON has sin in and running through it. 

 

So, where is the miraculous healing?  When do we throw the devil out?  When do I stand up and yell "Hallelujah!!!  I am free from this!!" ...  I don't believe it works like that. 

 

I believe it works like this... 

 

You pick up your Bible, as Daily as humanly possible.  You pray, as often as one of these thoughts hit your mind. You get into a good church and be a part of it!   You own the fact that you have imperfect issues and YOU ARE OKAY WITH IT!    

 

God doesn't see all this garbage we tell ourselves!!!  When He looks at you He sees His perfect Son.  Having these thoughts isn't the issue here.  Feeding on them.  Using them to excuse bad behavior.  Not taking them to God.  Not asking for forgiveness when we do mess it up.  Taking these feelings and beating up on our family because of them... that is SIN. 

 

Take a moment examine your emotional self.  Take a stand today against GUILT and DEPRESSIVE thoughts.  Make a move against them today.  

 

Pick up your Bible.  Sit down and pray.  God will show you a wonderful women.  He will show you, the YOU He sees everyday.