tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post1688630488228247076..comments2023-03-25T08:47:15.072+00:00Comments on Waiting For Our Blessed Hope: A Journey Towards Hope – a Personal Testimony (Pt 2)Diana Lovegrovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849754637056012241noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-76526223496486168522010-07-06T12:49:45.596+01:002010-07-06T12:49:45.596+01:00Hi Tess,
Thanks for taking the time to search for...Hi Tess,<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to search for this, and for your encouraging words.<br /><br />I am so sorry to hear you've also "been there" as it were - although maybe if you hadn't been there, you wouldn't be where you are today? I kind of feel with me, my pride is so strong, I had to be broken to see that I wasn't after all as self-sufficient as I thought I was.<br /><br />Thank God that His grace reaches us across that chasm a thousand fathoms deep!<br /><br />God bless you Tess,<br />Diana.Diana Lovegrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14849754637056012241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7606804930984062705.post-27615589404900561692010-07-04T22:55:57.606+01:002010-07-04T22:55:57.606+01:00Hi Diana. After your last comment on my blog I wen...Hi Diana. After your last comment on my blog I went searching for your testimony and I'm glad I did. That was beautiful, and so familiar to my experience. I also had a period 10 years ago when I was full of self-hate and even visited a psychiatrist who wanted to fix the problem with drugs. A friend lifted me out of the depression by building up my self-esteem, and it worked for a while, but I was only learning how to be a better fake and my pride went through the roof. Our society teaches children they are unloveable unless they are perfect, and then as adults they are sold stuff to distract them, or are taught philosophies of self-love as an enlightened alternative. And all this fails because we are made for the esteem that comes only from knowing the love of God.<br /><br />I totally agree with your 2nd to last paragraph. We have to pray constantly to be reminded that we have nothing to offer God in return for his love, grace and mercy. Meanwhile so many churches spend all their time pumping up self-esteem, putting us on life-support, not realising that we need to die to ourselves so that we can live in Christ...<br /><br />I've not heard of the McGrath book but it sounds like it hit the nail on the head. It is a dilemma. Self-esteem sets us off on the broad path that runs in the same direction as the narrow one until we reach the dead end of pride - and we see the Kingdom just out of reach but across a chasm a thousand fathoms deep.<br /><br />Thankyou again for posting this! It's really encouraging!<br />Tess.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18395534300762460678noreply@blogger.com