As we enter the Christmas holiday season there seems to be two, quite opposite, feelings that are evoked. For some, there is great excitement and joy. But for others, it is a time of stress and even depression. I’d like to focus on the latter response and look at some causes and how those of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Guilt'
Holidays – Joy or Stress
December 4th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: anger · boundaries · Christmas holiday · depression · duty · family duty · gifts · grace · Guilt · help others · holiday · Jesus · joy · loss of loved one · me focused · obligation · payment · stress
Dealing with things that didn’t work out
June 26th, 2009 No Comments
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everything worked like it as supposed to? If everything we try is a great success? If every test result is an “A+”? Yeh, right, like that is going to happen. So what do we do with these things that didn’t work out?
Failures
We can look at [...]
Tags: character · condemnation · denial · failure · Father God · giving up · Guilt · Jesus · learning · success · wisdom
Rest – Why is it so hard?
May 16th, 2009 2 Comments
Ah Rest – so elusive, so needed, so wanted. I think this goes along with what I said about being task oriented. There is always more to do, more I should do, more I have to do or at least think I do. So taking time to rest, I mean really, [...]
Tags: asking God · Guilt · hearing God · repentance · Rest · task driven
Challenges of the Task Oriented
April 25th, 2009 1 Comment
I tend to be a very task oriented person. Getting a task done can become almost an obsession. When I’ve promised to get something done, I’m driven to do it and feel guilty if it isn’t done as promised. Am I the only one with this problem? In case I’m not, let me share some [...]
Tags: challenge · consumed · contol · desire · Guilt · purpose · Relationship avoidance · task · task oriented