{"id":57391,"date":"2018-02-15T06:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T06:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenodochial-archimedes.45-76-20-142.plesk.page\/2018x102x1better-than-i-deserve\/"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:12:43","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T18:12:43","slug":"better-than-i-deserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/2018\/02\/better-than-i-deserve.html","title":{"rendered":"Better than I Deserve &#8211; Mrs. Bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever listened to Dave Ramsey on the radio? Whenever someones asks how he is doing, he always answers the same way.<em> \u201cBetter than I deserve.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u2019ve been feeling this way lately.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I look around at this amazing life my Husband and I have had the opportunity to build. The beautiful home, healthy little boy, this happy marriage, still so in love. And I feel <em>so unworthy<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>ME- <strong>a sinner<\/strong>. So undeserving of this overabundance of blessings. So unworthy of the love of a Savior. I see so many people struggling with hard things. And though our life has not been without difficulties, I sometimes feel ashamed at how well we\u2019re doing when there\u2019s so much suffering in the world around us. I get anxious that something terrible is going to happen because I don\u2019t deserve this blessed existence. Then I beat myself up about feeling anxious, because things are going well. <em>A vicious cycle.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But,\u00a0 I\u2019m also realizing we shouldn\u2019t feel\u00a0shame about being in a good place. And I need not be anxious, because I\u2019m loved by a good, good Father.<\/p>\n<p>We need not feel bad about how we\u2019re doing, because\u00a0we can do something with it. We can bless others. Extend a helping hand. Share the wealth- and I don\u2019t mean only in a monetary sense.<\/p>\n<p>We can share our hearts and story with others. Be a blessing to those in need. Feed our friends and open our home for fellowship. Donate our time. Lift others up.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no shame in accomplishing your goals and living a good life.\u00a0We\u2019ve come so far, and worked hard. Because of our blessings,\u00a0we can BE a blessing.<\/p>\n<p>What are some ways you are able to bless others?I want to make this a part of my story- to be a blessing whenever possible.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Have you ever listened to Dave Ramsey on the radio? Whenever someones asks how he is doing, he always answers the same way. \u201cBetter than I deserve.\u201d I\u2019ve been feeling this way lately. I look around at this amazing life my Husband and I have had the opportunity to build. The beautiful home, healthy little boy, this happy marriage, still so in love. And I feel so unworthy! ME- a sinner. So undeserving of this overabundance of blessings. So unworthy of the love of a Savior. I see so many people struggling with hard things. And though our life <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thoughts","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mrsbishop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}