Applying what I learned...

SOooo: For Philosophy, I am reading parts of C. S. Lewis as a Philosopher: Truth, Goodness and Beauty, and one chapter/essay in it talks about Lewis’ suggestions for dealing with emotional doubt of faith. Reading this chapter I have learned that he was a bit ahead of his time with his suggestions for getting rid of the doubt...he said we must realize the importance of our emotions – they are fickle and change like the wind. Then he says we must practice the disciplines of our faith daily – read the Bible, pray, worship with others, and review Christian doctrines. Then the person who wrote that chapter [Gary Habermas I think…] compares Lewis’ remedy with that of a psychologist that was published in the 1950’s [about 10ish years after Lewis’] and his remedy for ridding oneself of emotional doubt [or of the lies we tell ourselves/believe about ourselves] is to identify the lie, get rid of it, and replace it with truth – which is basically the same as Lewis’ suggestion.
ANYWAY I just realized [at lunchtime] that all I have gone through this morning, making me feel icky and unlike a good student and not worthy and not pretty and not "up to par" and tired and everything else, is kindof like God's saying, so Anna, what are you gonna do with what you've just learned?Because right now I really feel like crap. But I know that I can’t focus on my FEELings. I have to focus on the TRUTH, on what GOD says about me – not what I say about me. Which is in SCRIPTURE.
And what HE, the KING OF KINGS, my MIGHTY WARRIOR, my LOVING FATHER says about me is:
1. Christ is my righteousness – 1 Corinthians 1:30
2. I am not to put confidence in my flesh – Philippians 3:3
3. My inner self is of great worth in God’s sight – 1 Peter 3:3-4
4. My prayers are heard AND answered by the Almighty God – Psalm 116:1-2
5. I can hide in my Father – Psalm 32:7a
6. He loves me so much that He died for me– John 3:16
7. He loves me enough to call me His child, and to make me more and more like Him every day – 1 John 3:1-2
8. I am swallowed in His grace – 2 Corinthians 12:9
9. He is helping me and holding my hand – Isaiah 41:13
10. He will renew my strength – Isaiah 40: 30-31
AND I could go on, and on. But I have to leave to go volunteer in a few minutes…and reminding myself of these 10 things has sufficiently brightened my afternoon. J I just need to keep them always in view!