| POOR BABY PITY PARTY |
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| JoyUs Musing Edition #11-20 |
I once read a book about sisters. At one point, one of the sisters had a boyfriend problem and was heartbroken. She
was whining and feeling sorry for herself. Another sister said, "Poor Baby." This signaled The Start of The Pity Party.
The sister who wanted to feel sorry for herself and talk about the issue had the next fifteen minutes to do so. The
other sisters would say things like, "Oh poor baby. You poor thing. That's just awful. Poor, poor baby." Then after
fifteen minutes had passed, the Pity Party was officially over. The whiner had to quit whining and no one would feel
sorry for her anymore.
The point is that in order to get over something and move on, you can't feel sorry for yourself. You can't wallow in
self-pity for months on end. Self-pity is a dangerous thing. So is unforgiveness, whining, murmuring and complaining.
Is it that God doesn't care that you are hurting? NO! But self-pity, whining, murmuring and complaining (stealing,
killing, destroying) all belong in the Devil's Playground. None of those are faith. As long as your enemy can get you to
focus on anything but the power of God, he has you right where he wants you - powerless and unfaithful.
If you focus on a problem, you magnify it and it grows until it takes over any faith you may have had. Fear (magnifying
a problem) trumps faith every time.
Just how important is your pity party to you? Important enough to miss out on God's best for you? Important enough
that He can't help you because you aren't in faith?
In Psalm 43:19(a) - many are the afflictions of the righteous. The original word (before translation) for afflictions is
pressure. We will experience the enemy attempting to pressure us to get off our faith stand. (b) BUT - and when you
see the word "but" that means every word that came before the word but can be disregarded - erased - ignored.
Pressures may come BUT God delivers us out of them all. ALL.
If God delivers us out of ALL pressures no matter what you call them - trials, tribulations, troubles, afflictions, problems
- then we have no reason to have a Poor Baby Pity Party. We have His Word that He will rescue us - He will turn it
around - He will protect us - He will heal us - He will deliver us. All we have to do is find that Word and read it, study it,
and meditate it until that Word becomes bigger than our pressure.
What more do you need to live a victorious life? Oh yeah, quit having Poor Baby Pity Parties!
Scripture References
John 10:10
Romans 14:23
John 6:43
1 Corinthians 10:10
Romans 12:2
Romans 8:8
"Fear Not" is stated 365 times in the Bible
Sharing the goodness of God:
Musing Copyright © 2011 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
was whining and feeling sorry for herself. Another sister said, "Poor Baby." This signaled The Start of The Pity Party.
The sister who wanted to feel sorry for herself and talk about the issue had the next fifteen minutes to do so. The
other sisters would say things like, "Oh poor baby. You poor thing. That's just awful. Poor, poor baby." Then after
fifteen minutes had passed, the Pity Party was officially over. The whiner had to quit whining and no one would feel
sorry for her anymore.
The point is that in order to get over something and move on, you can't feel sorry for yourself. You can't wallow in
self-pity for months on end. Self-pity is a dangerous thing. So is unforgiveness, whining, murmuring and complaining.
Is it that God doesn't care that you are hurting? NO! But self-pity, whining, murmuring and complaining (stealing,
killing, destroying) all belong in the Devil's Playground. None of those are faith. As long as your enemy can get you to
focus on anything but the power of God, he has you right where he wants you - powerless and unfaithful.
If you focus on a problem, you magnify it and it grows until it takes over any faith you may have had. Fear (magnifying
a problem) trumps faith every time.
Just how important is your pity party to you? Important enough to miss out on God's best for you? Important enough
that He can't help you because you aren't in faith?
In Psalm 43:19(a) - many are the afflictions of the righteous. The original word (before translation) for afflictions is
pressure. We will experience the enemy attempting to pressure us to get off our faith stand. (b) BUT - and when you
see the word "but" that means every word that came before the word but can be disregarded - erased - ignored.
Pressures may come BUT God delivers us out of them all. ALL.
If God delivers us out of ALL pressures no matter what you call them - trials, tribulations, troubles, afflictions, problems
- then we have no reason to have a Poor Baby Pity Party. We have His Word that He will rescue us - He will turn it
around - He will protect us - He will heal us - He will deliver us. All we have to do is find that Word and read it, study it,
and meditate it until that Word becomes bigger than our pressure.
What more do you need to live a victorious life? Oh yeah, quit having Poor Baby Pity Parties!
Scripture References
John 10:10
Romans 14:23
John 6:43
1 Corinthians 10:10
Romans 12:2
Romans 8:8
"Fear Not" is stated 365 times in the Bible
Sharing the goodness of God:
Musing Copyright © 2011 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
