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No room for self-pity

Posted on March 9, 2016 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

Self-pity

I do a lot of whining to God. One one hand, God is the perfect target of whining because he can take it, and he can bring correct to me and the situation that I’m whining about. But in thinking about this, I realize that there is no room for self-pity in Christian maturity.

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