There are such things as consecrated griefs, sorrows that may be common to everyone but which take on a special character when accepted intelligently and offered to God in loving submission.
Repentance isn't only sorrow for past sins, it's also a determination to now do the will of God as He reveals it to us
Most Christians would rather be happy than feel the wounds of other peoples' sorrows.
The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. As long as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal, how can you hope to find inward peace?
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