Ever feel like this is some people's goal?
Like they can't like/think/do something unless everyone else is against it? They like to make waves.
They like to hurt others.
They like to feel powerful by attacking your beliefs.
I may have opinions, but I'm kind enough to keep it to myself until I know how it will effect a good friend, peer, colleague. It is not my goal for each day to see what issues I can dredge up.
Just a thought.....
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
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Amen...God loves a tempered & thoughtful mouth!
i hear ya! just curious......
Well considering we are asked to not do things according to the world... I guess it's all in how you look at it! Romans 12:2 (New Living Translation)
2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
you don't have to do things "of the world" to also act in a loving and caring manner towards others. we don't do things "of the world" or because they are popular decisions but we also respect that others have to make those choices on their own and we shan't judge them. i'm not called to judge--i'm called to love which is often harder than judging.
Sometimes I think people who fight so hard to press you into agreeing with their beliefs, at the expense of your feelings and opinions, need you to agree with them so they feel better about a decision that they have made. Like if they can get you on board that validates that they were right when they may be questioning it themselves. They have to attack you, tear you down to build themselves up. Just a thought.
I feel the same. It is hard to take someone attacking the way you do things, even if it is indirectly. I don't feel that anyone is perfect, and I don't feel that any one person can know exactly how God would have us behave.
Very well put.....totally agree! I have been attacked in my beliefs all my life as we are considered a "cult" by some. It is VERY hurtful when you are trying to live you life young or old and having someone try to tell you different. I am definately not perfect that is for sure, by for the people that like to think they are and like to try to make others life miserable I would assume that they are a miserable person themselves, if that makes any sense!
shwoo! what started all this? someone pressing you or were you just reading someone's personal blog? cuz i have a feeling i know, and just cuz someone blogged about something that related to you doesn't mean it had anything to do with you!!!!
So sorry you feel judged. I didn't mean to cause hurt feelings. Hugs to you all!
breanna--let me just close this all up by saying i understand that all of our personal blogs are just that--personal. they are ours to express our opinions & our thoughts. however, i often temper mine so as not to hurt or cause harm to those i know are reading them--because we all know our blogs have an audience..if we didn't have readers we wouldn't write them, whether the main purpose is to use them as a journal of our lives or not. that said, i also do my best to live for an audience of One & i don't think He would want me to do something that i know may hurt others if its not for a purposeful reason. i am hurt--whether you intended for me to be or not--and you would be, too, if you were getting ready to have your first baby & someone was blogging weekly about you making the wrong choice by having it in a hospital with a doctor. i know you think your way is the right way--and you should because its your baby and your body--but i must say, i felt like i never judged you when you told me your plan & i feel like your last few blogs have been solely judgmental of me & my birthing choice. i decided yesterday that perhaps it was just coincidental--that maybe your posts are just coinciding with my life & i've made a choice to remedy that. i'm not trying to point a finger and say you were judging me, i am however being honest and saying that's how i felt. that's what sparked all of this--not anger, not malice, simply hurt feelings.
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