No More Wallowing

All of my life I have been a whiner, I am growing out of it, but I still catch myself living a whining, worrying, why-oh-why lifestyle and throwing personal pity parties from time to time. Why is it that sometimes it seems that Christians are more comfortable living in a place of misery and unhappiness? Is it because we want sympathy from others? Is it because we feel like God owes us more than we have? What I do know is that when I am having a pity party, I reject every attempt by any other person to feel better. I don't want to feel better. And, maybe, that's why God doesn't answer some of our prayers. Because God knows when we want to be better and when we just want pity. He knows when we really want to do something about our circumstances and when we want someone else to take care of us. 

We have to stop living defeated lives. There is nothing wrong with being mad or sad for a little while, but there is something wrong when a person who claims to love Christ and believes He loves her would rather stay down than get up and fight. And if you can't seem to fight, talk to someone; you may have a physical or mental issue that's causing you to feel the way you do. But, even if that is true, it's not an excuse to wallow; sometimes, we just need extra help getting back in fighting shape. Either way, we should never live as though we have been beaten because I read the end of the Book and it says that WE WIN!!!