Experiencing All of Life, Including The Difficult Feelings

We have a very understandable impulse to want to numb ourselves when we experience feelings such as sadness, pain, guilt, vulnerability and fear.  The problem with numbing these types of feelings is that when we do so, it leads to numbing positive feelings such as confidence, happiness, courage and joy, as well.  Part of learning, growing and truly living involves working—with God’s help—through the experience of all these feelings.

Do Public Figures Ever Feel Embarrassed Anymore?

I’m not for making anyone feel unnecessarily guilty or ashamed.  That is not a good thing.  But when people do things that are wrong there should be a time during which they understand the reality of their transgression and feel remorse for their guilt. Sometimes it feels to me as if public figures are now completely incapable of being embarrassed by their own shameful actions.  That is not a good or healthy thing, either.

There Is No Condemnation For Those In Christ

Sometimes we feel guilty because we’ve done something wrong.  On the other hand, some of us are plagued by feelings of guilt even when we haven’t done anything wrong (at least, not recently).  In either case, the answer is still the same:  Turn to Christ.  “Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…” Romans 8:1.  Amen, to that truth!