Give thanks even when my heart aches -- schizophrenia journey

[@mintberrycrunch4333]

Thanks Sean, you are doing great works, the Lord's work. What you do is very meaningful to me. For example, today you reminded me to practice more gratitude. I always learn something from you. You make the world a better place. God bless you and your family, Sean. Much love from Australia.

[@seanpavlik]

So glad I can help you 🙏 😊!!

[@Mixela1400]

Thank you for your video. Be strong ❤

[@nathanflores5201]

Thank you for these videos

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Glad you like them 🙏!

[@domoniqueriddick3818]

I completely understand. (or at least I can try to as I share something a bit different) The battle I struggle with others is this concept with people believing that they are 'good' people, particularly those that do not even follow Christ. The concept that people are good without God bugs me. I myself try my hardest to be a slave to righteousness (Romans 6:18), yet I do not in any way consider myself good because it is hard to be good. Even Jesus did not consider himself good but said, "no one is good but God." Mark 10:18 The ones i'm discussing are both in the church and also out of the church. I only ever challenge the ones within the Church though since they will be held accountable. I challenge this self-praise using scripture in which even the most devoted people like Paul, Peter, David, fell short of the glory of God. They were kind but got confused over why this was being quesitonned and would respond with "nobody is perfect," to which I would say, "exactly." Even Jesus was perfect yet he did not consider himself to be good. A pattern I notice in people that believe this is the fact that they then stop growing because they believed they've reached a greatness of some sort in being a "good person." It's just hard to not take something like this personally that had caused me to stress so much over why my life was the way it was which caused me to be ever striving to reach this type of "goodness" or "perfection" yet never achieving it. Thus, as someone who falls short so much, yet who has tried to do so much, and then to be told by someone, who I assume has not stressed nearly as hard as I from what I get told by them, that they are such good people when I don't even consider myself this..? I don't know haha.. I am not trying to brag and we may be discussing different things, but this is my little struggle with judging others. I just think that people stop growing often times when they come across this mindset of being a "good person." You can not teach them or challenge them much further because they feel as though they've already arrived at some apex. Meanwhile, myself at many "apexes" throughout my life, still have felt that I had such a long ways to go because I indeed still had a lot to learn. Whenever I thought I was perfect, the Lord humbled me greatly and I saw that I still struggled with committing much sin like self-ishness, fits of rage, bitterness, lack of forgiveness, impatience, etc., Why? Because I am not good, I am not perfect. If I was, there would be no need for Christ. I realize also that people who think they are good don't really dwell on these sins of theirs when I've asked them which shown that there was not much personal self-reflection going on. I am saying this in no way to judge but to say as of why sinners, non-believers, and even Christians must consider themselves the least of all people and humble themselves so we are able to continue growing and overcoming our sin and flesh. I mean, how can we overcome something that we don't know is or see to be a problem? In terms of giving thankss..😅😅-when our heart aches.. I am learning this. It was hard for me because I thought my heart aching was a punishment for my sin.. so I didn't believe it was a good thing from God to give thanks. I suppose either way, we should always give thanks though even in our guilt.💯 Edit: Your brain fart by the way at 5:25 was so relatable and had me giggling a bit haha.. I often enjoy when this happens because it means i'm recieving a ton of bonus information I always see as helpful from others. So I hope to see more of them.