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[3766.42 --> 3767.74] the other side of this, |
[3767.80 --> 3768.56] the other truth here |
[3768.56 --> 3769.90] is that we don't actually |
[3769.90 --> 3770.86] need these people |
[3770.86 --> 3771.46] to do that. |
[3772.84 --> 3773.10] Right? |
[3773.14 --> 3774.64] We don't need people |
[3774.64 --> 3777.28] or even Satan, |
[3777.58 --> 3778.94] the tempter to do this, |
[3779.02 --> 3780.00] the deceiver to do this, |
[3780.00 --> 3781.22] because most of us |
[3781.22 --> 3781.76] are pretty good |
[3781.76 --> 3782.72] at doing this on our own. |
[3782.72 --> 3784.90] And that's the other side. |
[3784.96 --> 3785.76] We've got external |
[3785.76 --> 3787.24] temptations and forces |
[3787.24 --> 3788.28] and internal |
[3788.28 --> 3789.84] temptations and forces. |
[3790.24 --> 3791.62] We are quite capable |
[3791.62 --> 3792.58] on our own |
[3792.58 --> 3793.70] of being our own |
[3793.70 --> 3795.14] challenge to remembering |
[3795.14 --> 3796.20] meanwhile. |
[3797.62 --> 3799.42] Even when everything |
[3799.42 --> 3802.44] is going against us, |
[3803.30 --> 3805.02] when it seems like life |
[3805.02 --> 3806.24] can't get any harder, |
[3807.20 --> 3808.92] when we read in Scripture |
[3808.92 --> 3810.26] when weeping lasts |
[3810.26 --> 3810.88] for the night |
[3810.88 --> 3811.92] but then also |
[3811.92 --> 3812.66] for the next night, |
[3813.14 --> 3813.82] and then again |
[3813.82 --> 3814.58] for the next night, |
[3814.90 --> 3816.00] and for the next night, |
[3816.48 --> 3818.02] when all we seem to know |
[3818.02 --> 3818.96] are our tears |
[3818.96 --> 3819.74] and our tears have been |
[3819.74 --> 3820.98] our food day and night, |
[3821.14 --> 3822.92] when joy never seems to come, |
[3823.08 --> 3823.86] in those moments |
[3823.86 --> 3825.14] it can be so easy |
[3825.14 --> 3826.98] to forget the promises of God. |
[3827.32 --> 3828.30] And in those moments |
[3828.30 --> 3829.14] it can be so easy |
[3829.14 --> 3830.20] to tell ourselves |
[3830.20 --> 3831.92] that God is against us, |
[3832.00 --> 3833.60] that the world is against us, |
[3833.64 --> 3834.62] that the universe |
[3834.62 --> 3835.68] has it in for us, |
[3835.76 --> 3837.56] that nobody cares about me. |
[3837.56 --> 3840.18] And in those moments, |
[3840.30 --> 3840.48] right, |
[3840.52 --> 3841.14] all of a sudden |
[3841.14 --> 3844.60] every little slight |
[3844.60 --> 3846.08] becomes huge. |
[3846.98 --> 3848.74] Every misspoken word |
[3848.74 --> 3850.96] becomes a personal attack. |
[3851.52 --> 3853.14] Every forgotten moment |
[3853.14 --> 3854.62] erases our identity. |
[3855.18 --> 3856.48] Every missed opportunity |
[3856.48 --> 3857.12] to say, |
[3857.28 --> 3857.88] I love you, |
[3857.94 --> 3858.98] becomes a reason |
[3858.98 --> 3860.38] to think I'm not lovable. |
[3860.38 --> 3861.42] Right, |
[3861.42 --> 3863.30] this is how our hearts |
[3863.30 --> 3864.14] and our minds work. |
[3864.88 --> 3865.88] We're overwhelmed |
[3865.88 --> 3867.08] by the present, |
[3867.86 --> 3869.02] and it makes it impossible |
[3869.02 --> 3871.00] to see beyond our pain |
[3871.00 --> 3872.20] and our suffering. |
[3872.20 --> 3876.62] This week I had a chance |
[3876.62 --> 3878.66] to re-read |
[3878.66 --> 3880.74] C.S. Lewis' book |
[3880.74 --> 3882.06] A Grief Observed. |
[3882.12 --> 3882.96] It's just a short little |
[3882.96 --> 3884.12] memoir |
[3884.12 --> 3885.86] after the death |
[3885.86 --> 3886.72] of his wife. |
[3887.92 --> 3889.02] I want to share with you |
[3889.02 --> 3890.66] a portion of that. |
[3891.28 --> 3892.26] It's a bit of a longer quote, |
[3892.40 --> 3893.42] but it'll be on the screen |
[3893.42 --> 3895.96] because I think it captures |
[3895.96 --> 3897.58] exactly what we're |
[3897.58 --> 3898.36] talking about here. |
[3900.54 --> 3901.28] He says, |
[3901.28 --> 3903.32] Meanwhile, |
[3904.28 --> 3907.32] where is God? |
[3909.08 --> 3910.74] This is one of the most |
[3910.74 --> 3912.56] disquieting symptoms. |
[3913.56 --> 3914.72] When you are happy, |
[3914.92 --> 3916.08] so happy that you have |
[3916.08 --> 3917.20] no sense of needing him, |
[3917.42 --> 3918.48] so happy that you are |
[3918.48 --> 3919.86] tempted to feel his claims |
[3919.86 --> 3921.18] upon you as an interruption, |
[3921.56 --> 3922.94] if you remember yourself |
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