I ended up having a compulsion to take my laptop with me in my hometown, in order to delete a movie file. the compulsion was to delete the file only in my hometown. I realised that I was not planning to take my laptop with me and started feeling frustrated because ocd was like ocd: take the laptop with you to do the compulsion because you may have promise to a God. After that, I somehow, calmed down but I do not remember why. Perhaps I had thoughts like "its ok. I do not need to take my laptop with me just to do a compulsion. I should keep the file since I am not going to take my laptop to my hometown" I do not remember what exactly. My ocd is like ocd: due to frustration you may have made a promise to a God not to delete the file, in order to force yourself not to carry the laptop with you just for the compulsion. you wanted to force yourself to be able to ignore the compulsion by making a promise to God. since the thoughts about this promise were never to delete that file, you would not have to carry the laptop in your hometown in order to delete it there. I had to format my laptop and all files were deleted. i worry because ocd tells me I may have made an accidental promise to a God and I do not remember it.
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is this a promise?
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It's important to realize that God is in control of our lives. Proverbs 16:9 tells us, "a man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps."
This means that we need to be mindful of this when we make plans. James 4:13-15 tells us, "hear this, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall happen tomorrow. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that"
We need to always remind ourselves that God is in control. We are not in control and our illnesses are not in control. We can make plans and our illnesses can affect how we feel and think, but the outcome is up to God. We should always remind ourselves of this reality by prefacing our plans by saying, "if the Lord has planned it."
This means that we need to be mindful of this when we make plans. James 4:13-15 tells us, "hear this, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall happen tomorrow. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that"
We need to always remind ourselves that God is in control. We are not in control and our illnesses are not in control. We can make plans and our illnesses can affect how we feel and think, but the outcome is up to God. We should always remind ourselves of this reality by prefacing our plans by saying, "if the Lord has planned it."
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