tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33185052.post5710884365348111376..comments2023-09-05T03:44:01.651-04:00Comments on Magdalene's Musings: The Tempter: A Sermon on Matthew 4:1-11Magdalene6127http://www.blogger.com/profile/11036211735489393308noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33185052.post-78079631516556421352008-02-10T16:20:00.000-05:002008-02-10T16:20:00.000-05:00thank you. that post has helped me a great deal. i...thank you. that post has helped me a great deal. i've always been a perfectionist. the problems came in the last couple of years. perfectionist tendancies manifested in disordered eating. and today has been a pretty nasty day. i feel like I've failed completely. i don't feel myself when i've failed. i know it sounds odd, but i feel sort of unclean, unworthy if i have failed. i only came across this blog because i searched for 'the girl who will not fail.' google narrowed it down to 'will fail.' your post also took me back to when i was about 7 or 8 and first heard the story of Jesus being tempted. i remember thinking at the time that being able to use your powers and do tricks like be caught by angels surely isn't the biggest temptation. but i suppose i was too young to realise it was a metaphor for things life throws as you - the usual 'temptations' people succumb to - alcohol, drugs, violence etc. and i now realise it's not so much what you're being tempted by that matters, but the fact that it is easy to get hold of, or an easy way out of problems, just like Jesus calling on the angels. But the hardest part is knowing that choosing or not choosing the temptation is decided by you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com