Knowing our deformations

SUMMARY: We need to be aware of the unknown forces within us, which often come from our subconscious. We must ask the Holy Spirit for discernment to identify our character flaws and work to control them. As people with chronic health conditions, we must keep our condition in view and take appropriate steps to keep it under control. The lack of self-knowledge and introspection can lead to problems in our personality. We may have to struggle with our internal deformations for a long time, exploring them in the light of the Word and submitting to God. Sometimes, God will allow us to struggle with our weaknesses for a specific purpose. This struggle can be a benevolent opponent, drawing us closer to Him and keeping us humble. The example of the Apostle Paul's thorn shows that our weaknesses can remind us of our dependence on God's mercy and protect us from spiritual pride. We should rejoice in our weaknesses because when we are weak, we are strong in Christ.

It requires a very lucid awareness of the unknown forces that continually struggle within us. The human subconscious is a bottomless sea. Many of the actions that affect our lives come out of it, many times without us being able to realize it.

We have to ask the Holy Spirit for a very deep and incisive ability to discern those structural flaws, those “Achilles tendons” of our character that, like invisible cracks running along a wall, endanger our stability and permanence. We all have those flaws. In many cases we will not be able to eliminate them entirely, and we will only be able to control them and keep them under discipline throughout our lives.

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