tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post6191908901024249549..comments2023-04-27T10:03:20.994-05:00Comments on fungle jungle: Communion and the Verdictmushroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-83830284476980774612015-02-27T14:37:41.709-06:002015-02-27T14:37:41.709-06:00Yes, I suppose there must be a balance. I know I c...Yes, I suppose there must be a balance. I know I can tend to kick myself too much when I sin.<br />OTOH, there are times I get far to content with no self-discipline.<br /><br />Of course, self-discipline doesn't mean goin' all Punisher on myself.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-45303129014344754982015-02-27T08:18:21.327-06:002015-02-27T08:18:21.327-06:00Yes, I tend to be harder on myself than probably a...Yes, I tend to be harder on myself than probably anyone else. It's like I'm trying to get ahead of anybody else's criticism. <br /><br />There's a picture going around of some dorky-looking boy self-shaming himself about feminism -- I think Ace had it. It's not that hard to go overboard with "we're not worthy". <br /><br />Lewis' image of Eustace is one of those things that is so utterly right, I think I stop every time I read it.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-87210588024583632712015-02-26T19:00:13.298-06:002015-02-26T19:00:13.298-06:00I know what you mean, Mush and Rick. Seems these d...I know what you mean, Mush and Rick. Seems these days, whenever I think of my past, even recent past, I feel such shame. I suppose that is part of the purification process. But as Rick noted you can go too far beating yourself up. I have trust that our Father won't let it kill me, well, the real me that is.John Lienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302615225311776021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-21201447145699599642015-02-26T18:46:32.091-06:002015-02-26T18:46:32.091-06:00Like an ogre or an onion, I find that I have layer...<i> Like an ogre or an onion, I find that I have layers of stupidity that have to be painfully peeled away one at a time. Somewhere under there is Christ. </i><br /><br />Yes, I know that feeling. Or perhaps like Eustace in his dragon skin...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-22008753485606697552015-02-26T15:09:07.459-06:002015-02-26T15:09:07.459-06:00"If I’m not careful I can turn my faults into..."If I’m not careful I can turn my faults into a brag."<br /><br />Well, the other side of that too is I can tend to make a mountain out of a molehill of my errors and shortcomings. I don't know if you do. If I had to guess I'd say you do (being brothers, and all) Too much is not productive or helpful. That must be true. It can wear a person out more than it should. I'm fighting myself and the enemy?! I'm outnumbered.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.com