No sin is worse than the sin of self-pity, because it obliterates God and puts self-interest upon the throne. Oswald Chambers If you’ve experienced a severe and long-standing medical condition, you know how much time, money, and psychological determination it takes—especially at the beginning. I had fistfuls of medications to take, endless doctors’ appointments, and …
Repelling the Victim Virus
I decided early on that I didn’t want the “victim virus” to take over my mind or my mouth, because I quickly noticed that whenever I succumbed to victimhood, “poor me” kept stumbling around in the dark, delaying my progress through the murky shadows. As Eugene H. Peterson writes, “God feels our pains, but he …
