The problem is not the problem. The problem is often how one responds to the problem. If one doesn't respond correctly, she will experience a similar situation again and again until she has learned the lesson the Holy Spirit is teaching her.
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I think that's probably a pretty good summation of our situations in general as people being sanctified: rarely is the issue the external problem that we keep butting our heads against, but rather - as you note here - it is the underlying block in our hearts to being reshaped into His image. Thanks for the reminder. :)
AA has a saying about that: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Just as true about sin in general as it is about addictive behaviors in particular.
not one to be lumped in with everyone else, i enjoy being different: i laugh when i ought to cry, i run off the sides of mountains, i can't answer the question 'where are you from?', i told my husband i loved him before i met him, and i'm a woman who is doing her part to reverse the negative trends of extreme feminism. i seek to encourage my brothers-in-Christ, and discuss ways in which women can do the same.
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I think that's probably a pretty good summation of our situations in general as people being sanctified: rarely is the issue the external problem that we keep butting our heads against, but rather - as you note here - it is the underlying block in our hearts to being reshaped into His image. Thanks for the reminder. :)
AA has a saying about that: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Just as true about sin in general as it is about addictive behaviors in particular.
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