SO YOU FEEL LIKE A DOG (3 OF 9)
by Ken Trivette
Scripture: PSALMS 32:1-11
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So You Feel Like A Dog (3 of 9)
Ken Trivette
Psalm 32
1. I think of the words of Walt Whitman in his poem ''Song of Myself.'' He says:
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self contained . . . . They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins . . . .
2. Mr. Whitman was expressing what many wish could be true in their life. Many wish they could escape the guilt one feels when they sin. Many wish there was some way to not be bothered by their sin. An animal never worries about sin and failure. Many, if they could become an animal so that the guilt of their sin would not keep them awake at night and bring great sorrow to their heart, they would seek such an escape.
3. William Wordsworth said, ''From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.''
4. There are many that are haunted by the ghost of guilt. There was some sin that was committed. There is some past failure that haunts them and harasses them.
5. Seneca said, ''Every guilty person is his own hangman.''
7. What you did, how you failed, when you sinned, puts a noose around your neck every day of your life. Your sin and failure takes you to the gallows each day. The memory of your sin makes you your own hangman.
8. The British author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was known as a practical joker. On one occasion, as a practical joke, he sent a telegram to 12 of his best friends. He sent it as anonymous. The telegram read, ''Flee at once, all has been discovered.'' In 24 hours all 12 had left the country. It makes you wonder what it was that bothered them and haunted them.
9. It may be that some of you are on a guilt trip. I want to say that the worse trip you will ever take is a guilt trip. It may be that you feel like a dog. I want to say that you do not have to be haunted by the ghost of guilt. You can learn how handle your guilt instead of b ...
Ken Trivette
Psalm 32
1. I think of the words of Walt Whitman in his poem ''Song of Myself.'' He says:
I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self contained . . . . They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins . . . .
2. Mr. Whitman was expressing what many wish could be true in their life. Many wish they could escape the guilt one feels when they sin. Many wish there was some way to not be bothered by their sin. An animal never worries about sin and failure. Many, if they could become an animal so that the guilt of their sin would not keep them awake at night and bring great sorrow to their heart, they would seek such an escape.
3. William Wordsworth said, ''From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.''
4. There are many that are haunted by the ghost of guilt. There was some sin that was committed. There is some past failure that haunts them and harasses them.
5. Seneca said, ''Every guilty person is his own hangman.''
7. What you did, how you failed, when you sinned, puts a noose around your neck every day of your life. Your sin and failure takes you to the gallows each day. The memory of your sin makes you your own hangman.
8. The British author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, was known as a practical joker. On one occasion, as a practical joke, he sent a telegram to 12 of his best friends. He sent it as anonymous. The telegram read, ''Flee at once, all has been discovered.'' In 24 hours all 12 had left the country. It makes you wonder what it was that bothered them and haunted them.
9. It may be that some of you are on a guilt trip. I want to say that the worse trip you will ever take is a guilt trip. It may be that you feel like a dog. I want to say that you do not have to be haunted by the ghost of guilt. You can learn how handle your guilt instead of b ...
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