The fridge at work froze last weekend. Last night, it decided not to cool. Parts of the fridge was 60 something degrees. But our shipments come on the first day of the work week so it was a blessing that way it happened today, the last day of the week. I was very annoyed at myself for anything I might have done to have caused this and for all the lost inventory that might have been caused by my hand.
The next section in Cheryl C. Lant's address on "God's Love," is on forgiving ourselves. My husband found a book at work he shared with me today, "How To Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie. We read the first chapter today. It talked a lot about how much further an effect we can have with people if we refrain from criticizing and pointing blame.
I've wondered what it would be like if I, and others like me, didn't criticize themselves so much. What sort of impact that would have.
Lant reminds me in her address that the Savior loves me so much, He doesn't want me to even toiling in guilt over my mistakes, but to be able to turn to Him. He will help us to even forgive ourselves.
As a person living with really, really high social anxiety and constant feelings of how I am ruining everyone's lives around me, that is HUGE!
He doesn't want me to take guilt for things that weren't mine to begin with. He doesn't want me to rehash in my head how terrible of a ________ mistake I made.
Not at all. He wants me to turn to Him and ask for His hand in helping me to get past these terrible feelings.
If the man who knows all and will be the judge of all doesn't even want me to be so hard on myself, what reason do I have to do so?
No comments:
Post a Comment