Some Advice For My Fellow Scrupulous Christians
07/09/2023
While growing in virtue is a good thing for a scrupulous Christian to focus on, even growing in virtue and looking to grow in the spiritual life can be hijacked and twisted by OCD. OCD often takes a person's desire to the right thing and makes it unhealthy. OCD is like playing Whac-A-Mole. I can tell you with confidence that God does not want this for you. Chasing after the desire to do the right thing gone haywire is not pleasing to Him.
Often, we scrupies feel that we are not doing enough to be holy and grow in the spiritual life. And more often than not, this is a lie that OCD has told us.
While God does indeed challenge us, it is not in the way OCD tells us. OCD is a trickster. God is not. He never was. And He never will be.
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