“Nobody Feels Sorry for Me”

I can think of only one person in the Bible who said something like that.  “… And there is none of you that is sorry for me….”  It was Saul, in I Samuel 22:8.  It ended in murder.

I can think of one other person who had a similar attitude.  It was Ahab, in I Kings 21.  That ended in murder, too.

Maybe it isn’t a good idea to want other people to feel sorry for us.  It fosters ingratitude, resentment, and a host of other problems — often leading to deep hatred, which is murder in spirit (even if it doesn’t manifest itself in action).

I Thessalonians 5:16-18

Rejoice evermore.
Pray without ceasing.
In everything give thanks.

For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

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About Jon Gleason

Former Pastor of Free Baptist Church of Glenrothes
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