The pity party
Jon Mahtani addresses the spiritual danger of self-pity while distinguishing it from legitimate compassion and sympathy grounded in God's mercy. The article uses biblical examples from Jeremiah and Genesis to explore how self-focused pity becomes sinful when it causes believers to lose sight of God's faithfulness and the communion of the saints. This practical exhortation challenges readers to examine their hearts and respond to suffering with trust in God's unfailing compassions rather than self-centered despair.
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. Jeremiah 45:3 Each one of us has experienced this before. Taking on a victim mentality, we crab and we pout about the hurt others have caused us. We become downcast and despondent because one after another circumstance, or so it seems, has piled up against us. Navel-gazing, we take on the doom and gloom mindset, crying silently within as Jacob of old, "All these things are...
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