I definitely do! Pleasure was always “evil”. If you were too happy, you always wondered when the trial would come to take it away. But it must be good because it would refine you and make you more perfect for God to use, right? It’s also very hard for me to rest or do something I enjoy because I feel like I should be working at something.
June, I relate to this so much! For me, there was a lot of anxiety waiting for the other shoe to drop. If something good happened, it felt like something bad was coming my way. Do you have any things you do now to remind yourself that you're safe?
Oh gosh. I guess I reminded myself that life is full of unexpected things….appliances will break, accidents happen, cars break, illnesses happen and I can only control what I can control. Before those “bad things” weee tribulations/trials and them NOT happening were God’s blessing. I’m building a recent emergency fund, exercising a lot, practicing gratitude and using anxiety medication occasionally. Prayer used to serve as a kind of genie in the bottle, anti-anxiety thing for me - if I prayed for things not to happen, they wouldn’t. When I realized others were praying for these things and they happened anyway, that those things NOT happening were just life circumstance and privilege…well, prayer didn’t relieve anxiety anymore. Learning to cope without it was hard.
I've never been taught that "pleasure is evil". I'm so sorry that happened to you. My experience of you is that of a joyful being. Hugs, g
Awww, thank you <3
I definitely do! Pleasure was always “evil”. If you were too happy, you always wondered when the trial would come to take it away. But it must be good because it would refine you and make you more perfect for God to use, right? It’s also very hard for me to rest or do something I enjoy because I feel like I should be working at something.
June, I relate to this so much! For me, there was a lot of anxiety waiting for the other shoe to drop. If something good happened, it felt like something bad was coming my way. Do you have any things you do now to remind yourself that you're safe?
Oh gosh. I guess I reminded myself that life is full of unexpected things….appliances will break, accidents happen, cars break, illnesses happen and I can only control what I can control. Before those “bad things” weee tribulations/trials and them NOT happening were God’s blessing. I’m building a recent emergency fund, exercising a lot, practicing gratitude and using anxiety medication occasionally. Prayer used to serve as a kind of genie in the bottle, anti-anxiety thing for me - if I prayed for things not to happen, they wouldn’t. When I realized others were praying for these things and they happened anyway, that those things NOT happening were just life circumstance and privilege…well, prayer didn’t relieve anxiety anymore. Learning to cope without it was hard.