Infantile Thinking

Here is the good news for those who have had to stretch into maturity!

Yes, this is true! The good news is that someone who has been diminished by narcissists over a period of many years, actually grows stronger than those who are continually praised and lauded for their superiority.

When someone has to stretch their muscles every day in weight lifting, their muscles break down, but when they rebuild they are stronger than they were before the breaking.

Think about it, when we are continually bombarded with nonsense to demean us we must think deeply to discern what is happening. Our thoughts are deeper and often wiser than those who have been elevated with accolades their entire life.

Superficial thinking leads to infanticital, my new word. These are people who have not grown past toddlerhood. They never grow, they never stretch spiritual or emotional muscles to be able to live among those who might confront them.

Those who are praised, having built up pride all their lives do not have the ability to handle a criticism calmly, they melt like a snowflake at the prospect of being seen as imperfect. They have no emotional or spiritual muscles.

James 1:2-8
2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."

The insecure praised up individual has little strength to stand alone, this is why they rage when told they might be wrong.

Narcissists hate correction because they are not strong. Those who are strong are not intimidated by correction or even rejection. Strong people stand firm no matter what is coming against them, they do it with dignity and grace.

The narcissist has no dignity or grace, they have only their fragile elevated view of their own self importance. This fragile self comes from trusting in self rather than Christ.

Those who have trusted Christ have a supernatural advocate, the Lord Jesus Christ, we have no need to hide who we are or to rage when confronted with difficulty.

Hallelujah!!!!