Just found a relative is seperating and seems on their way to finish it off.
They mentioned things like:...not happy, emotionless, hostility...
Life is tough, but if that's the case I would have been done a loong time ago.
But, for me,divorce is not an option on the table (like murder- lol not just of a spouse, but how people view musrder in general). Also, God is maturing me.
I was just thinking the other day about being reminded how hard it really must be for someone who isn't saved and without the Holy Spirit inside to deal with someone who has a "personality disorder"- especially being married to them.
So yes I should not be hard about, if they got a divorce or thinking about it or advising others to (although I still think in that case it's better to say nothing than to advise that).
I mean it's just very hard...and without Gods help, I can understand, often pretty impossible. You know, some things are just not explainable by natural human explainations.
I remember, from before I was saved, after one particularly bad scenario, I ran into the bathroom. I was feeling just dumbfounded, astonished, "shock & awe" in a bad way.
No matter which way I'd look at it, some things are just beyond psychology.
A bit later that's what i read Scott Peck, who made a point of in his book- "People Of The Lie"...I don't recommend that book now, since he doesn't know the truth about how you can do exorcisms, and thinks a person of any religion can (if you don't do it under Jesus authority as one of His followers, you are going to get "jumped'!)
Anyway, demonic behavior is beyond reason, it's often beyond comprension- like compulsive child molestors, serial killers, what happened in Natzi Germany...
I can see how a person without a Biblical perspective would be utterly confused & without hope, in dealing with certain people/disorders/situations.
As for me, by the grace of God, I have come to know better. That alone doesn't make me "feel" any better, but it does take away that "lost" sense. My mind isn't dumbfounded, I have things in perspective, and so can keep a "level head".
I have no guarantee that, "this too shall pass" but I know what my part is, my responsiblity and what I am accountable for. I know "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength", and I know God has "freely given me "all things" to richly enjoy"...so I am going to get on with my life and enjoy it!
(despite the devils & the haters).
I'm also not going to be stupid enough (by the grace of God) to use whatever as an excuse to take myself down to whosever level. If whoever wants to be that way and be in the mud- that's their choice. They can do it without me, or my help.
As adults we are each accountable for our own choices: demons or no, personality disorders/psychological/medical problems or no (main one being-what are we going to do about Jesus)...
They mentioned things like:...not happy, emotionless, hostility...
Life is tough, but if that's the case I would have been done a loong time ago.
But, for me,divorce is not an option on the table (like murder- lol not just of a spouse, but how people view musrder in general). Also, God is maturing me.
I was just thinking the other day about being reminded how hard it really must be for someone who isn't saved and without the Holy Spirit inside to deal with someone who has a "personality disorder"- especially being married to them.
So yes I should not be hard about, if they got a divorce or thinking about it or advising others to (although I still think in that case it's better to say nothing than to advise that).
I mean it's just very hard...and without Gods help, I can understand, often pretty impossible. You know, some things are just not explainable by natural human explainations.
I remember, from before I was saved, after one particularly bad scenario, I ran into the bathroom. I was feeling just dumbfounded, astonished, "shock & awe" in a bad way.
No matter which way I'd look at it, some things are just beyond psychology.
A bit later that's what i read Scott Peck, who made a point of in his book- "People Of The Lie"...I don't recommend that book now, since he doesn't know the truth about how you can do exorcisms, and thinks a person of any religion can (if you don't do it under Jesus authority as one of His followers, you are going to get "jumped'!)
Anyway, demonic behavior is beyond reason, it's often beyond comprension- like compulsive child molestors, serial killers, what happened in Natzi Germany...
I can see how a person without a Biblical perspective would be utterly confused & without hope, in dealing with certain people/disorders/situations.
As for me, by the grace of God, I have come to know better. That alone doesn't make me "feel" any better, but it does take away that "lost" sense. My mind isn't dumbfounded, I have things in perspective, and so can keep a "level head".
I have no guarantee that, "this too shall pass" but I know what my part is, my responsiblity and what I am accountable for. I know "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength", and I know God has "freely given me "all things" to richly enjoy"...so I am going to get on with my life and enjoy it!
(despite the devils & the haters).
I'm also not going to be stupid enough (by the grace of God) to use whatever as an excuse to take myself down to whosever level. If whoever wants to be that way and be in the mud- that's their choice. They can do it without me, or my help.
As adults we are each accountable for our own choices: demons or no, personality disorders/psychological/medical problems or no (main one being-what are we going to do about Jesus)...