Topic: The
Joy-killer Speaketh
Let us suppose you have someone in the hospital, and you truly care about this person.
After visiting the hospital the joy-killer comes and whispers into your ear that you
should feel bad, feel awful, feel worried, and maybe even feel sick yourself. So you will
not experience any joy or have fun for awhile after your visit. After all, according to
the joy-killer, anyone who really cares about someone in the hospital should not be having
fun after a visit. There is no logic in the joy-killer’s argument but he doesn’t
need much of a logical argument because we soak up his deceptions so easily. You may be
worried about someone in the hospital but should you not have life, and hope, and joy
because of them? What good does it do for you to let the joy-killer kill a part of your
hope and your life when others are struggling? What good are you to others when you have
lost your hope and your life? How does losing your joy help others? (Answer: It
doesn’t. In fact, when you lose your joy, you can be assured you are not going to
pass on any joy to another. Then you can be sick together. Sick thinking too, isn’t
it?)
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These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites called Wisdom
Moment, The site is located at:
http://www.findthepower.com/wisdomminute
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