The questions we ask, the questions we answer, how we answer the questions and what questions we tend to try to ignore tell us a great deal about ourselves and may reveal a great deal about how our mental health is currently and will be in the future.  

Take a look at the above list and see which one's you may see in yourself and what this self-awareness may mean to you and those you are called by God to serve.  

Think about it ... "Does it seem that with each possible weakness" mental health issue that there is an opposite strength that goes along with this weakness?"   If this was the case, what would this mean?  

Might it mean that our greatest strength is our greatest weakness and our greatest weakness is our greatest strength taken too far?  If this were the case, why would we take a strength and take it too far?   Is it possible the God gives us our strengths ... we value those strengths for some period of time but then pride / ego seep in and we think we're the reason for the strength?  Is it possible that this happens without us even realizing it ... where it sneaks up on us ... and as we take more and more credit for our God given strengths that God says ... "OK ... if you want to take ownership for a gift I've given you, you can do so ... and you'll reap the harvest of the weakness that comes as a result of you taking credit for something I have given you?"

Is it possible that we are a poor steward of God's gifts to us?   

Are feelings important?   Of course they are ... but, maybe not the way we think they are.  Think about it ... when we have physical pain, what do we learn from that physical pain?   We learn that there is something that is not right with us.  Physical pain doesn't reveal that something is wrong with others, it represents that something is wrong with us.  

Hmmm ... that would be self-righteousness.  Do we find parts of the Bible to support our perspective and in doing so, and in doing so reveal that our hearts are the same as those we tend to think we see in others?  Do we slip into being self-righteous ... where we feel, and don't even realize that we're feeling entitlement and self-righteousness which often quickly leads to being a victim.   

What are the results of these three feelings?  Depression, anger and bitterness.  

What are the vaccines to each of the three of these?

Entitlement ~ Thankfulness ... When we are thankful we it helps us to see all the amazing blessings that we have and don't become self-centered / consumed and will prevent us from moving into Self-Righteousness.

Self-Righteousness ~ Humility ... Saying we are humble doesn't make us humble.  In being men, it seems we have more challenges than the average person in keeping humble.  Just being honest and transparent ... we get up on Sunday's and often preach what people like to hear and they come up and tell us how amazing we are and how the service touched their lives.  A lot of people feel good about what we do and we feel good ... feelings so many feelings and that often leads to being self-righteous when someone questions us or asks us a hard question.  

Victim ~ Ownership ... How many times as men do we struggle with taking personal ownership and feel that others have hurt us, been unfair to us and never even ask what we did to hurt them?  We often, as men, surround ourselves with people, who will tell us what we want to here and tell ourside of the story and poison / destory those around us who dare to question or challenge us.  

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