...when people you love and thought you knew, change?
...when things come to light that show gaping wounds, ancient scars, and a salt shaker up-ended above them?
...when people you trusted aren't trustworthy?
...when people have two sides - one side with all the appearance of goodness, the other revealing a corrupted heart?
...when people profess to be Christians - but show anything but Christian behavior?
...when parents neglect children and teenagers who need love above all else?
...when you see people you've come to love and care about deeply wounded by other people you both love(d) and care(d) about?
...when all of the above are taking place around you to people you love and you didn't know?
...and then you learn all of it in less than two days?
Goodness gracious, does this ever sound like my life the past few weeks. And my, how much of this applies to family. Yes, girls, I said family. Not "friends who feel like family," "to my other friends' families," but "my family." How? Why? I honestly don't know. I am so afraid to trust the friends I have, old or new, with any of my secrets. Even Faith or Vanessa. They are two of my closest friends. But if I can't trust family, how can I trust non-family?
(Oh, and the italicized text is from Jo March's blog.) :)
4 Little Thoughts:
Oh, Trini
Pray that God gives you strength and that because of all of this you are loved in a special way unimaginable to both of us. This is just a stage in life where you will become stronger in the end. I myself went through a time in early October of this year I felt that I was left to fin for myself and trust was not a thing I could grasp,it takes time indeed.
You are in my prayers
Mylea Janis Teresa
I know what you mean. I think the pronlem lots of girls have is they think their families expect them to behave and do such and such a thing or be so and so. It somthing I've strugled with what I tryto remember is that at the end of the day I may lose all my friends and think I'm all alone but my parents and siblings will be there for me.
Try talking to your family about what you are going through. It really helps.
God Bless you
Autumn
Dear,
It's gonna be okay. Give your problems over to God. Let Him handle everything, He will fix it. Pray, dear. Just pray. It is the one thing needful. Sometimes I need to remind myself the same things. It's gonna be okay. It's okay to be upset, but let God take care of everything. It's hard, I know, dear. Pray. And pray some more. Trust in God, and your family. You're going to hurt sometimes, but you must trust. God gave them to you.
Much love, and my little prayer,
Martha
You might want to include at the bottom of your post that the text in italics is from Jo March's blog. :)
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