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August 14, 2004
Glorious Sadness?
I'm going to come right out and admit it. I've been in a bad mood for the past few days. It started out on Monday or Tuesday. I just thought it was a bad day and hoped that the next would be back to good again. Not so.
I really didn't have anything in particular to be crabby about. Sure, I moved again, but that was not the cause of my unhappiness. In fact, I'm fairly certain that there was no cause. Other than, perhaps, a fridge lacking diet Coke. Honestly, I know it's sad, but a caffeine addiction is nothing to mess with, I'm warning you.
The only other possible cause I can come up is my lack of work. Too much time to sit and introspect is unhealthy.
Tonight was good, though: some nice, leisurely, all-girls volleyball followed by some more intense volleyball, then a scrumptious dinner prepared by Autumn, finished off with hours of conversation in Alisa's apartment. Nothing too exciting, but quality, happy times nonetheless.
I'm certainly not writing the "I've had a bad day... or few" for sympathy. In fact, when I mope about such things, it's usually best to tell me to get over myself. And, sure enough, this is what my daily devotional told me today. And thus, ladies and gentlemen, we have our quote of the day:
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 2 Corinthians 7:10
Posted by Megan at August 14, 2004 12:57 AM
Comments
Just for conversation/forum sake: what would you consider "Godly sorrow" and what would you consider "worldly sorrow"?
Posted by: Laura at August 18, 2004 09:43 PM
"Godly sorrow" called to mind being convicted or feeling guilty about sin (which leads to repentance). Worldly sorrow brought to mind cares about things of this life that won't last until the next.
Posted by: Megan at August 18, 2004 11:24 PM
I often wonder where the sorrows of sympathy or grief would be placed. Christ instructed his disciplines leave their families and talks about mother hating daughter, son hating father and such. Yet, he also preaches love and compassion. He brings the brother of dear friends to life. He does the same for a grieved daughter. Grief and sympathy are sorrows spilled upon our worldly companions, but may not the love and compassion shown through grief and sympathy be godly pursuits?
Not necessarily looking for an answer to that specific question. Just thinking in typed words and sentences and looking for more general feedback... and just in general feeling in a Q&A ponderific mood.
Posted by: Laura at August 19, 2004 04:09 PM
Perhaps the difference when mourning a person is grief with hope or without it. Do we grieve with the sense that all is lost, or do we grieve with the understanding that God is in control and has plans to prosper and not to harm us?
Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 1 Thessalonians 4:13
Posted by: Megan at August 21, 2004 11:10 AM