There are such things as consecrated griefs, sorrows that may be common to everyone but which take on a special character when accepted intelligently and offered to God in loving submission.
Most Christians would rather be happy than feel the wounds of other peoples' sorrows.
The labor of self-love is a heavy one indeed. Think whether much of your sorrow has not arisen from someone speaking slightingly of you. As long as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal, how can you hope to find inward peace?
Repentance isn't only sorrow for past sins, it's also a determination to now do the will of God as He reveals it to us
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