FROM TODAY'S READING...
"Pity is one of the noblest emotions available to human beings; self-pity is possibly the most [dishonorable]. Pity is the capacity to enter into the pain of another in order to do something about it; self-pity is an incapacity, a crippling emotional disease that severely distorts our perception of reality. Pity is adrenaline for acts of mercy; self-pity is a narcotic that leaves its addicts wasted and derelict.”
Eugene H. Peterson (1932-2018)
Presbyterian minister, scholar, theologian, author, and poet
Philippians 2:3-4 (NLT) Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.
1 John 3:18 (NLT) Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
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