KLessard
Aspiring Troens Ridder
- Joined
- Apr 25, 2008
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Are you NFs absolutely paralysed by any thing wrong or evil when you are exposed to it? That includes the evil inside of yourself.
Last week, I did something bad, but it was an accident, and it wasn't meant to hurt anyone, and the people involved knew it. Well, I felt miserable and humbled for days. I felt like I wasn't worthy to be alive. I felt like the world would be better off without me.
In the same way, when I meet aggressive or manipulative people, my stomach and heart turn upside down and I feel miserable. I've read many times that NFs were like sponges, they would just absorb everything emotional in the flow of life. The same way we can be profoundly happy and exalted in a way few types possibly can, we are intolerant to evil to a point where living in this sinful world feels like inhabiting a huge sewer. I even feel guilty about someone else's sin, sometimes.
At the same time, being a Christian, I believe God wants people to be aware of how ugly evil is so we will repent and aspire to sanctification.
Loving and caring the way NFs do will hurt, but as C. S. Lewis says: "Hell is the only place outside of Heaven where we can be safe from the dangers of love." (The Four loves)
I love this quote from Julie Ackerman Link's booklet Loving God with all my heart: "When we choose to feel the full range of our emotions -even sadness- we come to a fuller understanding of the God who created us in His image -the God who feels."
What do you think ?
Last week, I did something bad, but it was an accident, and it wasn't meant to hurt anyone, and the people involved knew it. Well, I felt miserable and humbled for days. I felt like I wasn't worthy to be alive. I felt like the world would be better off without me.
In the same way, when I meet aggressive or manipulative people, my stomach and heart turn upside down and I feel miserable. I've read many times that NFs were like sponges, they would just absorb everything emotional in the flow of life. The same way we can be profoundly happy and exalted in a way few types possibly can, we are intolerant to evil to a point where living in this sinful world feels like inhabiting a huge sewer. I even feel guilty about someone else's sin, sometimes.
At the same time, being a Christian, I believe God wants people to be aware of how ugly evil is so we will repent and aspire to sanctification.
Loving and caring the way NFs do will hurt, but as C. S. Lewis says: "Hell is the only place outside of Heaven where we can be safe from the dangers of love." (The Four loves)
I love this quote from Julie Ackerman Link's booklet Loving God with all my heart: "When we choose to feel the full range of our emotions -even sadness- we come to a fuller understanding of the God who created us in His image -the God who feels."
What do you think ?