Illumination is a work of the Holy Spirit ~
True psychology ("the study of the soul") can be done only by Christians, since only Christians have the resources for the understanding and the transformation of the soul (MacArthur, J., (1991) Our Sufficiency in Christ; Dallas, Texas: Word
Publishing. p. 58).
Giving great comfort to my soul ~
No, Lord! Don’t punish me in the heat of your anger. Pity me, O Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, for my body is sick ... I am worn out with pain; every night my pillow is wet with tears. My eyes are growing old and dim with grief because of all my enemies. Go, leave me now, you men of evil deeds, for the Lord has heard my weeping and my pleading. He will answer all my prayers (Psalm 6:1-3, 6-9 Living Bible TLB).
I made the decision to change my focus of study from IT to Psychology. It gives me great peace as if I were finally giving into an urge to follow my passion. Is that wrong? ~
My goal is to
know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of
His sufferings, being conformed to His death. Not
that I have already reached the goal or am already fully mature, but I make
every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by
Christ Jesus. I do not consider myself to have
taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching
forward to what is ahead, I pursue as my
goal the prize promised by God’s heavenly call in Christ Jesus (Philippians 3:10-14).
This is about all I can figure right now ~ ~ ~
