tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963100779549349187.post5704998897077296519..comments2023-04-07T07:03:17.919-04:00Comments on ManPower: The Mentality of Couragerobdysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11171002040373955308noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963100779549349187.post-14111807858342450072011-11-08T15:32:25.006-05:002011-11-08T15:32:25.006-05:00Feelings...aren't always mushy. Like you said...Feelings...aren't always mushy. Like you said, anger can be a big one. But I think a lot of times the sappers of courage and leading are feelings of defeat and failure or feeling like "what's the point of trying one...more...time?!?" <br /><br />I think this happens all to often because we genuinely want to see change in people/situations but we forget that we aren't in control of anyone, except ourselves (and even then, we're not in control of ourselves very often sadly). <br /><br />One of the few things that helps me deal with this feeling of trying to help someone and it failing miserably is that I spend some time thinking about how well changing people works for God. I mean, if anyone could just snap their fingers and make someone change, it'd be Him. But he chooses not to do that, he chooses, in a sense, to allow his efforts in our lives to possibly (many times) fail. And I'm sure that our failures cause him to feel some deep things - sadness, frustration, longing, pain, and yeah, sometimes anger (usually I'd say the anger is with people who know better, i.e. people who are held to higher standards)<br /><br />But if God doesn't just give up on me, even when I resist him and hurt him, then I can find courage to deal with my feelings. I can find a loving Father who knows what I'm going through and still keeps reaching out, keeps shaping my life. And I can reach out to others as much as I can, even when they slam the door on me, even when they try to walk all over me. <br /><br />I dunno, just my two cents :)Micahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791362627692937670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4963100779549349187.post-7186288585664546082011-08-29T14:01:31.986-04:002011-08-29T14:01:31.986-04:00One thing I know is that I get mad plenty often. I...One thing I know is that I get mad plenty often. I need to examine what is below that anger. Is somebody huwting my wittle feewings?? Maybe.Steve Daughertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362803227040068337noreply@blogger.com