Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 49—Grief (Part 1) Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for the privilege of trusting You in every situation, even grief and the fiercest of temptation, knowing that the trying of our faith develops patience, even perfect patience, so that as we fully trust we can be assured to have everything we need. ThankContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
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Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 49—Grief (Part 3) Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for the privilege of trusting You in every situation, even grief, knowing that the trying of our faith develops patience, even perfect patience, so that as we fully trust we can be assured to have everything we need. Thank You for our sin-pardoning Ssvior,Continue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 49—Grief (Part 2) Turn From Uncontrollable Grief (counsel to a bereaved family)—Like Job, you felt that you had cause for grief and would not be comforted. Was this reasonable? You know that death is a power that none can resist, but you have made your lives nearly useless by your unavailingContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”
Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Section 11—Emotional Problems Chapter 49—Grief (Part 1) Breaks Down the Life-forces—Grief, anxiety, discontent, remorse, guilt, distrust, all tend to break down the life-forces and to invite decay and death…. Courage, hope, faith, sympathy, love, promote health and prolong life.—The Ministry of Healing, 241 (1905). Impairs Circulation—Sadness deadens the circulation in the blood vessels and nervesContinue reading “Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2”