{"id":1202,"date":"2019-11-05T04:00:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T09:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.honestreflections.net\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2019-10-22T09:47:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:47:57","slug":"thankful-for-lessons-on-guilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honestreflections.net\/index.php\/2019\/11\/05\/thankful-for-lessons-on-guilt\/","title":{"rendered":"THANKFUL FOR LESSONS ON GUILT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI will thank the Lord for His righteousness; I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblestudytools.com\/csb\/psalms\/7-17.html\">Psalm 7:17 CSB<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I\u2019m thankful for Joyce who taught me about guilt at the women\u2019s retreat.&nbsp; Joyce educated me to the fact that women spend 6-8 hours a week feeling guilty.  That equates to 300-400 hours a year spent feeling guilty.&nbsp; We suffer from two types of guilt.  Genuine guilt is when we do something wrong and know we\u2019ve done it.  Imaginary guilt is the guilt we feel, even though we haven\u2019t done anything wrong.&nbsp; Guilt deceives us.  I love this point Joyce made, we feel guilty when we sin, we feel guilty when we don\u2019t sin.  Joyce was speaking right to me.  I knew exactly what she was talking about.&nbsp; But we can combat the guilt we feel.  Joyce gave us practical ways how to overcome our feelings of guilt.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We need to look at the evidence, staying focused on what is true.&nbsp; Make a list if you need to, it will remind you of all you are doing.&nbsp; If you are suffering from imaginary guilt because you think you are disappointing someone, ask them.&nbsp; Ask them what they need and listen to what they say.  Appreciate yourself and all that you do.  We tend to focus on what we\u2019re doing wrong instead of all of the things we\u2019re doing right.&nbsp; Be as compassionate with yourself as you would be with others.  Reverse the situation in your mind, give yourself grace.  Remember, we live in the \u201cgray area\u201d of life.  Life isn\u2019t black and white, it is always shades of gray.&nbsp; Joyce explained the gray area like this, we don\u2019t live at the extremes, we live somewhere in the middle.  We\u2019re not always unhappy, we\u2019re not always happy, we\u2019re a mixture of both somewhere in the middle.  We live in the gray area.&nbsp; Guilt is not our normal emotion, it is just an emotion we experience periodically.  Allow yourself grace to take care of you.  We can\u2019t care for others if we aren\u2019t healthy.  We\u2019re allowed to be healthy.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guilt does have a good purpose.&nbsp; When we have sinned or hurt someone, guilt is&nbsp; conviction from the Holy Spirit we\u2019ve done something wrong.&nbsp; Guilt makes us apologize when we were short with our family.  Guilt alerts us when we\u2019re heading down the wrong path.&nbsp; I feel guilty if I eat too many cookies, for me, that\u2019s a wrong path.  Guilt helps me steer clear of it.  We have to acknowledge the guilt, determine what type of guilt it is.&nbsp; Once we do, we can either deal with our wrong actions or let it go.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today I\u2019m thankful for all I learned about guilt from Joyce.&nbsp; And I\u2019m thankful for her evening prayers, great is her faithfulness.&nbsp; What are you thankful for?<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI will thank the Lord for His righteousness; I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.\u201d Psalm 7:17 CSB Today I\u2019m thankful for Joyce who taught me about guilt at the women\u2019s retreat.&nbsp; Joyce educated me to the fact that women spend 6-8 hours a week feeling guilty. 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