The Malaise of Misfortune: The excuses we make for ourselves and others.

There are moments when we are toxic to ourselves or to others, which often are our flaws and self-centeredness on display. Therapy is a tool to help us better understand why we resort to toxic patterns of behavior, but it cannot completely rescue us from our sinful nature. We can look only to Jesus for salvation from ourselves because even if we pity ourselves by making excuses for the ways we harm others, his Truth doesn't allow sin to go unaddressed. Instead, He forgives sin and moves us beyond the question of self-help and towards the conversation of how our flawed selves can be redeemed through His grace.