Self-Pity - Day 250

Self-Pity
Day 250

"A Christian needs to take himself by the scruff of the neck and begin thinking as God thinks and cut out the self-pity," says Elisabeth Elliott.

Self-pity is a dangerous emotion that can slither in and block all your forward progression toward healing.

"That is a dead-end street that you are choosing for yourself," continues Elliot. "If you decide that the whole world needs to feel sorry for you, and you need to be surrounded and hovered over and propped up, that is certainly what you would call self-isolation.

"It doesn't have to be. If you offer yourself to Jesus Christ  as an instrument of peace, He is very likely to make you an instrument of peace to somebody else."

How can you use your hurt to minister to somebody else?

"Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others" (Philippians 2:3-4).

Lord, I've been self-absorbed, and I want to change. May I see others in a new light today, looking for ways I can meet their needs or share in their concerns. Amen.