...the way out
I ended last time with these cheery thoughts... :)
"Addictions… any addictions are tough.... Sometimes they are fatal…. there are casualties in any war… like the young lady who takes her own life near the end of the movie 28 Days… because there is no way out… there is no hope… can’t beat it…. it’s totally hopeless… the only way out is death…"
Ever thought like that? I have... and I know bunches of others who have... what's the use anyway... life sucks... look at all the crap going down in my life... forget it... who needs this... not me... that's it... I'm outta here... hmmmm... or how about... I'm bored... hate my job... can't wait till Friday... can't wait to get home... or stop at the bar.... or the weekend sports event...or the Saturday night party where I can get wasted.... hmmmm....
...if you've never thought that way... go read a few Facebook postings... :)
There is a way out of any addiction... and it is not to get religion... that usually just results in yet another addiction... a religious addiction....maybe more hideous than any of the others... that addiction will tell me how awful I am for being addicted and how I need to straigthen up and fly right... gee... that really helps me a lot!
That's not the way out.... that way only makes me feel even worse... every time I fall flat on my face again... guilty again... I'll never make it... again.... then... I hear the little voice whispering... yeah... you're right... why don't you just end it all, Philip... take your life... no more struggle... no more pain...no more failure... no more frustration... no more boredom... no more dealing with all the stuff going down every day... no more anything... it's over... I'm dead.
The scary thing to me is how the enemy who is out to kill us.... the enemy whose greatest victory is to have us do that to ourselves... kill ourselves... suicide... to get us to respond to his voice whispering that in our ears... the scary thing is... that it is another example of how the enemy twists and distorts the truth....
The truth is.... we need to die ... but it's a different death than the one the enemy is talking about.
Next time.
:)
"Addictions… any addictions are tough.... Sometimes they are fatal…. there are casualties in any war… like the young lady who takes her own life near the end of the movie 28 Days… because there is no way out… there is no hope… can’t beat it…. it’s totally hopeless… the only way out is death…"
Ever thought like that? I have... and I know bunches of others who have... what's the use anyway... life sucks... look at all the crap going down in my life... forget it... who needs this... not me... that's it... I'm outta here... hmmmm... or how about... I'm bored... hate my job... can't wait till Friday... can't wait to get home... or stop at the bar.... or the weekend sports event...or the Saturday night party where I can get wasted.... hmmmm....
...if you've never thought that way... go read a few Facebook postings... :)
There is a way out of any addiction... and it is not to get religion... that usually just results in yet another addiction... a religious addiction....maybe more hideous than any of the others... that addiction will tell me how awful I am for being addicted and how I need to straigthen up and fly right... gee... that really helps me a lot!
That's not the way out.... that way only makes me feel even worse... every time I fall flat on my face again... guilty again... I'll never make it... again.... then... I hear the little voice whispering... yeah... you're right... why don't you just end it all, Philip... take your life... no more struggle... no more pain...no more failure... no more frustration... no more boredom... no more dealing with all the stuff going down every day... no more anything... it's over... I'm dead.
The scary thing to me is how the enemy who is out to kill us.... the enemy whose greatest victory is to have us do that to ourselves... kill ourselves... suicide... to get us to respond to his voice whispering that in our ears... the scary thing is... that it is another example of how the enemy twists and distorts the truth....
The truth is.... we need to die ... but it's a different death than the one the enemy is talking about.
Next time.
:)
