☦️ Grieving the passing of my companion girl dog 2 weeks yesterday. Suffering regret coupled with guilt I

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16. My Faith is not extreme in the explanation of suffering.

It pretty much is balanced in acknowledging short comings (sin), then repentance and finally blessed hope in achieving eternal salvation.

I'm the one who is perpetrating these emotions upon myself. Me, myself and I. Have never been through anything as intense as this. My spiritual Father encouraged confession (done), and then not to rehash sins that have been removed by salutary absolution.

There's a word prelest used in Orthodoxy meaning being puffed up thinking you're really rockin' it in the spiritual dept. but you ain't. Delusional. It could be dangerous.

I appreciate your discourse. I'm considering all...