Comments on Inkwell Inspirations: Good Kid Syndrome

Ha, DebH. Glad to know the wounds are healed. I...

2012-01-20T15:50:45.931-05:00

Ha, DebH. Glad to know the wounds are healed. I'd hate to mortally wound a regular reader!

BLESSINGS!

Lisa jugular has recovered. your post wasn't...

2012-01-20T14:24:56.905-05:00

Lisa
jugular has recovered.
your post wasn't too pointed for me - it was just right. enough to prick my conscience and remind me to guard my heart and thoughts.

thanks for your post!!!

Thanks, Jen. It's a hard point to remember bec...

2012-01-19T20:45:03.333-05:00

Thanks, Jen. It's a hard point to remember because it works different than the world does. We can't quite grasp the infinite!

Great post, Lisa. I especially like "Any bles...

2012-01-19T19:45:56.095-05:00

Great post, Lisa. I especially like "Any blessings he pours out on someone else isn't going to affect my inheritance." I REALLY need to remember that one :+}

Anita, isn't it interesting how we all measure...

2012-01-19T15:56:01.994-05:00

Anita, isn't it interesting how we all measure up against expectations? Things certainly don't always turn out as people would predict!

It's good to be the good kid! Just gotta guard our hearts against that spirit of entitlement.

You know I think it's a really easy trap to fa...

2012-01-19T15:51:56.873-05:00

You know I think it's a really easy trap to fall into when you're involved in ministry, Susie. I've definitely been there. More often that I'd like to acknowledge

Wow, Lisa. Heavy post. I always considered mysel...

2012-01-19T15:04:14.140-05:00

Wow, Lisa. Heavy post.

I always considered myself the good kid, but because my actions went against what my family thought they should be, I was considered the black sheep of the family. ie:
- I read books in my room vice staring at the tube with the family
- I went to technical vice high school
- I joined the military vice getting a 'normal' job

And yet my brothers are the ones who got into substance habits.

Now if we're talking about God and getting into heaven, yikes! I try to be the good kid and I believe I'm going to heaven... let's leave it at that, shall we.

Anita.

Great post, Lisa. Yeah, I definitely struggle with...

2012-01-19T13:36:27.287-05:00

Great post, Lisa. Yeah, I definitely struggle with EB syndrome sometimes. I'm working harder on trusting God--honestly doing it, not just saying I do. Not easy for me.

LOL! You said it. Not me. Although I wanted to.

2012-01-19T11:46:26.628-05:00

LOL! You said it. Not me. Although I wanted to.

Guilty. Great food for thought, Lisa. Thank you!

2012-01-19T10:37:13.564-05:00

Guilty.

Great food for thought, Lisa. Thank you!

Dina, great point: "None of us can ever be go...

2012-01-19T10:09:46.240-05:00

Dina, great point: "None of us can ever be good enough to earn a happy ending." It's all a matter of degree isn't it? We think because we haven't sinned as much as someone else that we should have more rewards. But it's all sin! If we avoid consequences that's because God is gracious, not because we don't deserve them.

God please guard my heart from EB's attitude.

Sounds like your reviewer didn't quite identify with your heroine!! Pharisees really don't identify with anyone, do they?!

Ha, Deb. Hope your jugular is recovering. Didn'...

2012-01-19T10:06:47.714-05:00

Ha, Deb. Hope your jugular is recovering. Didn't mean the post to be TOO pointed. I probably wouldn't be able to handle winning the lottery either. A part of me thinks it would solve all my problems. And maybe that's the issue. I would start looking to money as my savior.

This reminds me of my only negative Dandelion revi...

2012-01-19T09:23:40.140-05:00

This reminds me of my only negative Dandelion review. Basically, the woman didn't think Dandelion deserved a happy ending, even though she had completely turned her life around and submitted it to God. Said she didn't suffer enough consequences. Whatever! I happen to think God is a God of redemption, grace, and mercy. None of us can ever be good enough to earn a happy ending. It's all about the heart.

oooooooo... wow. straight for the jugular post. I ...

2012-01-19T08:42:31.199-05:00

oooooooo... wow. straight for the jugular post. I think I've fallen prey to the Good Kid syndrome a few times, until my mother knocks a bit of sense into me *heh*.

I've always joked with people that I don't play the LOTTERY because I know God wouldn't allow me to win because He knows I couldn't handle that sort of instant wealth. While having financial independance would be a very welcome relief for me - the little girl in the back of my head knows I would be prone to stop looking to the Lord and trusting Him with my life (involving finances, but oh so much more).

Anyway, this is a wonderful reminder to me to keep a watch on my heart and avoid the Good Kid syndorme.

Thank you!

Deb, you wrote: we feel our works will get us some...

2012-01-19T07:42:53.558-05:00

Deb, you wrote: we feel our works will get us something in return.

I SO identify with this! Believe me I have played EB way too often. When I really have my heart set on something I tend to think that God must give it to me. I don't always consult whether He thinks it's a good idea for me to have it.

This message came up a few weeks ago at church. Go...

2012-01-19T06:18:06.874-05:00

This message came up a few weeks ago at church. God doesn't owe us anything. Hard to swallow at times. Not because we DESERVE it, but because we feel entitled. Being saved from Hell apparently doesn't feel like 'enough'!

Here's what I think- throughout the bible and in countless sermons and messages, we hear about how God Blesses his Children. There is story after story about how someone gets blessed by any of a number of ways we interact with God (EB or Prodigal, both!) Not just stories but outright promises of God. And God's blessings are usually bigger and better than our expectations, right?

So being human, we think, okay, I'm doing what I should be doing, so, God will bless me. EVEN THOUGH we are also taught that we can't work for our salvation, we feel our works will get us something in return.

I am so guilty of this. Not so much a constant 'looking to see what I'm going to get out of it' but more like the 'why didn't God bless me in this ...whatever particular action I felt I'd "done right" '?

I have to remember that the blessing will come in God's timing and in a way that will result in my growth or for the edification of someone else. Rather than the little prize package we've been eyeing while being 'good'.

So. Seriously, Lisa. Do you have any idea how much I needed this message at this particular moment?