"Several minutes later the same man who had just taken our picture walked up to us, in tears, and asked if we had a moment. He promised he wasn't creepy and introduced himself as Scott and his wife as Sally."
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Let's start by saying we are all guilty of being at least one of these people sometimes. This post is a great opportunity for us to pray for God to show the areas of our lives that don't parallel the Gospel and how we can pray to be a Church that glorifies Christ!
Even now, as some people read these words, their quills will rise and the claws will come out. They will buck up defensively and begin justifying their behavior without even trying to absorb the rest of my thoughts.
#2 has been a hotbed of misinterpretation, and it is also one of the leading reasons many have either left the faith or not embraced it in the first place.
I want to look at just a few of these common beliefs associated with emotional distress and offer an integrative perspective that may help us to advance both the gospel and emotional wellness.