I believe Tuesday will lead to Wednesday and then we are half way to Saturday. My coffee this morning is Door County Heavenly Caramel.
I heard someone this week say that they felt like a total loser. I asked this person why he felt that way. He is in his mid forties and replied quickly "I have nothing to show for my forty years".
I took stock of what he has. Beautiful kids, a beautiful wife, a house, a car and a job. Now for sure this fella would like a newer and bigger home, a big truck, and aging to stop. But he has his lost focus. All this could be taken from him in a moment. His focus is on Earthly things not on what is important. The things of Earth have clouded his ability to see the blessings that many folks wish they had, and he possesses.
When we talk like this we are practicing self hatred. We must not allow ourselves or our fellows in Christ to be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow (2 Corinthians 2:7). We must quickly forgive ourselves and restore other repentant sinners. Having repented, we must trust God, who is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:9). We must hate sin, but not hate ourselves, for we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. To continue in a state of self-hatred after we have received the grace God offers us does not honor God and demonstrates a failure to understand the nature and value of the salvation Jesus purchased for us with His blood (1 Peter 1:18-19).
Satan works hard to discourage us and take us down paths we have no business going. He lies and tells us that we are losers in life. And that we should travel a different path.
John 8:44
"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
You are not a loser. God made you, one of a kind. You have a Designer label.
Have a great day
Marty
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