Pity Is One Of The Noblest Emotions Available To Human Beings; Self-pity Is Possibly The Most Ignoble . . . . [it] Is An Incapacity, A Crippling Emotional Disease That Severely Distorts Our Perception Of Reality . . . A Narcotic That Leaves Its Addicts Wasted And Derelict.

-Eugene H. Peterson

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Pity Is One Of The Noblest Emotions

Eugene H. Peterson

Pity Is One Of The Noblest Emotions Available To Human Beings; Self-pity Is Possibly The Most Ignoble . . . . [it] Is An Incapacity, A Crippling Emotional Disease That Severely Distorts Our Perception Of Reality . . . A Narcotic That Leaves Its Addicts Wasted And Derelict.

Topic

Attitude

Reality

Emotional

It Is Not Easy To Convey A Sense Of Wonder, Let Alone Resurrection Wonder, To Another. It’s The Very Nature Of Wonder To Catch Us Off Guard, To Circumvent Expectations And Assumptions. Wonder Can’t Be Packaged, And It Can’t Be Worked Up. It Requires Some Sense Of Being There And Some Sense Of Engagement.

Jesus

Expectations

Engagement