{"id":7637,"date":"2021-09-13T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=7637"},"modified":"2021-09-12T08:24:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T12:24:08","slug":"self-pity-and-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/self-pity-and-the-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Pity and the Devil!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Self-Pity and the Devil 9\/13\/21\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=jsvfy-10d9c04-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Self-pity weeps on the devil\u2019s shoulder, turning to Satan for comfort.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Satan\u2019s invitation is:  <strong>\u201cCome unto me all you that are grieved, peeved, misused, and disgruntled, and I will spread on the sympathy you desire.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cYou will find me a never-failing source of the meanest attitudes and the most selfish sort of misery. At my altar you may feel free to fail and fall, and there to sigh and fret.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThere I will feed your soul on fears, and indulge your ego with envy and&nbsp;jealousy, bitterness and spite.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThere I will excuse you from every cross, every duty, and every hardship, and permit you to yield unto temptation.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Thanks to Michael P. Green<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I read over these words and I realize that this is the world that I now live in. It describes the attitudes, the behavior and the fears of so many of those around me perfectly.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We should never forget that Satan was the First Terrorist. And he is turning so many of us today into terrorists who are described above that are destroying our country.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How has Satan been feeding YOUR soul with so many fears?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>YOU CAN LOVE ME OR YOU CAN HATE ME, BUT IN THE END, ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>YOU can help me to make a Big Difference in our world and especially in Haiti.<\/strong><strong>Please RSVP and Register today for our Building Dreams Virtual Event on Thursday, September 16<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;at 7:00 PM CST.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodforthepoor.org\/buildingdreams\"><strong>www.foodforthepoor.org\/buildingdreams<\/strong><\/a><strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;YOU can help me to build a new school where the August 14<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2 earthquake hit in Haiti.&nbsp;&nbsp;It will be a fast-paced, informative Building Dreams Event. And learn how Baseball Hall of Fame Player Andre Dawson goes from Wrigley Field in Chicago to being a funeral director in South Miami.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-pity weeps on the devil\u2019s shoulder, turning to Satan for comfort.&nbsp; Satan\u2019s invitation is: \u201cCome unto me all you that are grieved, peeved, misused, and disgruntled, and I will spread on the sympathy you desire. \u201cYou will find me a never-failing source of the meanest attitudes and the most selfish sort of misery. 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