Be very cautious anytime you find yourself thinking, "I deserve [X]," because it's probably not really you thinking that. The feeling of entitlement, and resulting anger we feel when we don't get what we think we "deserve" is, to steal a line from Steve Brown, "a lie from the pit of Hell, and it smells like smoke." Satan's initial attack on humanity (Genesis 3:5) was to imply that God was holding out on us, keeping us from something that we "deserved," and it's still his most effective tactic today. "I deserve" is almost always coming from a sinister place, so be careful and examine your real motives. I don't know about you, but for me, "I deserve" is just a way to justify something that has an underlying, sinful (covetous, lustful, angry, gluttonous, et al) root.
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