Craig T. Owens

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Have you made any mistakes lately? Let’s talk about what we do next on this episode of The Podcast. 

The Scriptures I referenced in this video are Psalm 25:4, 8, 10; James 1:5; Jeremiah 33:3. 

I also referenced my blog posts Self-Talk During Fearful Times and Refined By Fire. 

My book When Sheep Bite is all about recovering after difficulties—whether they were created by your mistakes or someone else’s mistakes. In the Introduction to my book I wrote: 

     I want to give you what I wanted when this happened to me: empathy, insight, a helpful perspective, and a manual of help that God has provided in the Bible. I don’t want to try to one-up your story of pain, because I’m confident that no one could truly know how deeply you’ve been hurt. But I do want to give you some assurance that I know what I’m talking about. … 

     Your pain and your circumstances are unique. Your pain is real, and it is incomparable to anyone el􏰃se’s pain. But the biblical principles that God revealed to me—􏰄those things that helped me heal and the thoughts I want to share with you􏰄—are applicable for any shepherd. These tried-and-true principles can help you not just survive this pain but thrive in spite of this pain. I would say to you something that C.S. Lewis wrote, “Think of me as a fellow-patient in the same hospital who, having been admitted a little earlier, could give some ad􏰋vice.” 

Check out When Sheep Bite for yourself. 

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