Hebrews 12:3 "For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds."
Your mind and attitude often reflect a certain level of self-centered self-victimization. We all have the tendency to put ourselves at the center, and see everything from the viewpoint of how it relates to us and only us. This can have all kinds of adverse effects on us, from feeling hurt when other people are rude, to feeling sorry for ourselves when things don’t go as planned, or to doubting ourselves when we aren’t perfect.
Remember, your life is not really the center of everything. That’s not how life in general works. It just sometimes seems that way to us when our attitude and mind get out of sorts. So, be sure to shift your focus when it makes sense. When you catch yourself feeling like a singled-out victim, think about other people you might help. Finding little ways to help others can snap you out of your self-centeredness, and then you’re not wallowing in self-pity anymore, but you’re starting to think beyond yourself, for your own good.
In this present moment, we all have some kind of pain:
-Anger.
-Sadness.
-Frustration.
-Disappointment.
-Regret.
Notice this pain within yourself, watch it closely and see that it’s caused by whatever story you have in your head about what happened in the past recently or a long time ago. Your mind might insist that the pain you feel is caused by what happened, but what happened in the past is not happening right now. It’s over. It has passed. The pain, however, is still happening right now because of the story you’ve been subconsciously telling yourself about that past incident. It’s simply a process of your thinking. Do your best to see it for what it is and put it under the blood of Jesus. His blood covers a multitude of sins and casts our past into the sea of forgetfulness.
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