SELF-PITY
As Christians
we should never feel sorry for ourselves. The moment we do so, we lose our
energy, we lose the will to fight and the will to live, and are paralyzed.
Boasting is
the voice of pride in the heart of the strong. Self-pity is the voice of pride
in the heart of the weak.
Self-pity is
a powerful, negative attitude that gives rise to many, many excuses for sin.
People fall into Satan’s trap of giving themselves “permission” to sin to compensate
for the difficulties and trials they’ve had to bear. Self-pity is a direct
rejection of God’s control. It is saying, “I don’t like what you’ve done in my
life, and I absolutely will not be content! I can’t change it, so I’ll just be
angry and miserable.”
John A. Younts
Everyday Talk, Talking Freely and Naturally about God
with Your Children, Shepherd Press, 2004, p. 140, Used by Permission.
Self pity is
the response of pride to suffering.
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Self pity is
the voice of pride in the heart of the weak.
Author
Unknown