Are we grateful? If so, why?

[listener24]

4 hours ago, Kristin said:

I’m bringing this up because I have serious problems with my mother. I am not young. I had a dream of my mother floating down the river of fire and I didn’t care!  I need help. 

Hi Kristin, thanks for sharing this tough thought and asking for help.

I'm just typing here something generic, it may or may not apply to your situation.

Sure, people can do us very bad things. On those we don't have control.

But many times, we want to defend our own self image, we create an image of ourselves and the other person in which we are always right, and we fail to see our own shortcomings toward that person. The more the bad feelings toward that person increase, the more our own self-righteousness towards them increases.

Again, surely other people make mistakes, sometimes a lot, sometimes they are even intentionally hurtful. But while we can't do anything about it, we can look inwardly and ask ourselves if we are looking the other person and ourselves as objectively as possible, and then as mercifully as possible.

In all this, ask the Lord's grace to forgive, 70 times seven. He will be Faithful.

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As for me, I'm grateful that the Lord is Faithful. That if we entrust Him with our lives, we can be sure that He will finish what He started in us, and there is nothing we should be preoccupied about.

Edited September 15, 2019 by listener24

[missmuffet]

5 hours ago, Kristin said:

What are our blessings?  Are we grateful?  I’m grateful for my family. I don’t like my mother tho. 

I am grateful that Jesus Christ died on the cross for me a sinner so I can have everlasting life with Him. 

[Kristin]

Thanks. I’m a sinner who is saved. Can you believe it??  I’m not worthy, but here I am. I’m hoping to get changed. I’ve been saved since I was 10. Or 4. Maybe I’ve always been good. Idk. 

[Kristin]

6 hours ago, ayin jade said:

Ask God to soften your hard heart. You sound like you need to forgive her.

You might also consider getting some Christian counseling if you struggle so much that you cant stand her.

Yes I do!

Edited September 16, 2019 by Kristin

[unworthyservant]

6 hours ago, Kristin said:

It’s painful to hate someone you should love i need help!

Only God can remove hate from anyone and I'll pray He'll replace hate with love.

[Blood Bought 1953]

54 minutes ago, Kristin said:

Thanks. I’m a sinner who is saved. Can you believe it??  I’m not worthy, but here I am. I’m hoping to get changed. I’ve been saved since I was 10. Or 4. Maybe I’ve always been good. Idk. 

 

Congrats on being saved! We would be wise to remember our “ goodness” has nothing to do with being saved or lost .Its  not based on Our “ goodness or lack of it”. “ Two things save us— Christ’s Blood and our Faith”.

[Kristin]

I don’t think I’m good. I think I’m saved. 

[Blood Bought 1953]

2 minutes ago, Kristin said:

I don’t think I’m good. I think I’m saved. 

Great!......this is the self- assessment all saved people have in common.One could call it “A Contrite Heart”.NOBODY in Heaven will be there without one.

[Kristin]

5 hours ago, AnOrangeCat said:

It's a good idea to practice being thankful to God for everything in general, even little things and our setbacks and difficulties. I was recently reminded of this when my computer monitor developed a problem that required me to replace it. It was around seven years old and I was wanting to get a new one anyway. I was planning to wait until a bit later in the year but the unexpected breakdown of the old monitor led to me finding an amazing deal. I call that God pointing me to a discount. Other than that I find myself thanking God for my cat fairly often. She makes me smile a lot.

Seven?  

[Kristin]

7 minutes ago, Blood Bought 1953 said:

Great!......this is the self- assessment all saved people have in common.One could call it “A Contrite Heart”.NOBODY in Heaven will be there without one.

I wish I was good. But I’m not. You are right, a contrite heart is what we have. We know! It’s painful but true.