"If we distance ourselves long enough from real needs, we replace them with those that aren't. Pretense becomes the new real and suddenly a delay in the delivery of our new couch becomes a terrible upset. We are wise to force ourselves to keep differentiating between simple inconveniences and authentic tribulations. The more detatched and self-absorbed we become, the more we mistake annoyances for agonies. It happens to all of us."
-Beth Moore "Esther. It's Tough Being a Woman"
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So true. Like she said, we all do that! Even after going through a "real" tribulation, we'll still do it.
Very true for our society! I am also doing that study and that paragraph spoke volumes to me. Worth the entire study because I needed to read that.
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