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	<title>Been Thinking About &#187; Bitterness</title>
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		<title>Wounded Pride</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/08/11/wounded-pride/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self-directed anger. Fear of failure, rejection and loss. Dissatisfaction. Envy. Like an orchestra of untuned instruments, the noisy emotions of wounded pride refuse to be comforted. In the dark halls and back rooms of our hearts, angry feelings slam doors, break windows, raise voices, and start arguments.
Feelings of not being able to measure up hound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgive and Forget?</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/19/forgive-and-forget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When God forgives our sins, does he really forget what we have done? Or, as some translations indicate, is it probably more accurate to say that, when he forgives us, he does not remember those sins against us (Psalm 79:8)? I&#8217;m raising the question because I ended an earlier post saying that forgiveness, as described [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgiving Ourselves (3)</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/18/forgiving-ourselves-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Love of God]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why won&#8217;t some of us stop punishing ourselves for the wrongs we&#8217;ve done? I know the question. Long after I&#8217;ve asked God&#8217;s forgiveness, I have silently cursed myself for doing things that embarrassed me and hurt others.There was a time, though, that I wouldn&#8217;t talk this way. I assumed that forgiving me was God&#8217;s prerogative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgiving Ourselves (2)</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/18/forgiving-ourselves-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/18/forgiving-ourselves-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we think together about how hard it can be to forgive ourselves, I took a chance to ask some co-workers, some of whom just happen to be counselors, why they think so many of us continue to beat ourselves up for past mistakes.  I thought you might be interested in reading a summary [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forgiving Ourselves (1)</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/18/forgiving-ourselves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/18/forgiving-ourselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do so many of us beat ourselves up for old regrets long after we believe God has forgiven us? How could it be possible for us to find it easier to believe that God has forgiven us than to quit punishing ourselves for what we&#8217;ve done?
We&#8217;ve spent some time thinking about forgiving others. Now, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Time to Forgive</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/17/a-time-to-forgive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/17/a-time-to-forgive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wisdom]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solomon is remembered for saying that there is a time to be born and a time to die&#8230; a time to kill and a time to heal&#8230; a time to mourn and a time to dance (Ecc. 3:1-8). But could he also have said there is a time to forgive, and a time to refrain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forgiveness Alternatives</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/17/forgiveness-alternatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/17/forgiveness-alternatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forgiving those who harm us is only one way to soften our bitterness and anger. Sometimes there are better ways. My reason for emphasizing this is that sometimes it is important to lovingly withhold forgiveness from those who have not yet recognized their wrong. But before going into that in more detail, let me give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unconditional Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/16/unconditional-forgiveness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/16/unconditional-forgiveness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is unconditional forgiveness toward those who have harmed us the best way to get the anger out of our stomach? Does forgiving those who have not had a change of heart reflect well on Christ, show his love, and enable us to forgive others as God has forgiven us? These are some of the questions [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Forgiveness Question</title>
		<link>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/14/forgiveness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.beenthinking.org/2008/03/14/forgiveness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:39:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mart De Haan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something has gone wrong with forgiveness. As wrong and as self-destructive as a bitter, vengeful spirit is, isn&#8217;t there something missing when we say, I need to forgive to get the anger out of my own stomach?
Is it really Christ-like to say that we need to unconditionally forgive others so that we can get past [...]]]></description>
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