Be Still And Know

Psalm 44:9-10 NLT 'But now you have tossed us aside in dishonour. You no longer lead our armies to battle. You make us retreat from our enemies and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.' Life is often a battle. When a loved one was taken ill and when those I trusted undermined me, I fell into self-pity. We can all experience self-pity, but sometimes we get stuck there. Wallowing in self-pity undermines our willingness and capacity to respond to God and drives us to make matters worse by seeking inappropriate levels of acceptance and support from others. The worst outcome is that we find ourselves all alone, abandoned by others simply because we demand too many of their human resources of empathy and support. Alternatively, we can choose to build mental resilience and give thanks to God that we are never abandoned. Acknowledging our feelings, but determined to end the downward spiral such negative emotions inspire within, opens us up to experiment with different actions. Instead of investing mental and