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I'm sure you knew it but that scripture is sometimes taken to heart and then folks are let down when more happens than they do seem able to handle. I've had a rough couple of years and it threw me for a major loop. Got kind of slap happy and had a lot of negative emotion to work through which is completely normal. Almost got rebellious, too, but it made me miserable. I feel like the Lord has blessed me tremendously to make it through, though, when I kept Him in the forefront to help me. Sometimes people do crack.... My mom has a bit after my brother dying literally a year after my grandmother, her mom, did. She isn't real sure footed in her faith sometimes. Eternal perspective makes a huge difference. She's doing better, but her mind is not what it used to be partly due to age along with it and my "Christian" sister isn't helping. (She's impatient and judgmental). She told me not long ago she doesn't have sympathy for mom because mom wasn't the mother she should've been. Her own daughter claims the same. Honoring parents is a COMMAND and for the good of us and our parents. (And is a fruit of love anyway - parents are very human). Just a bit of my own experience with that....
Members of my extended family who ARE LDS (in-laws) have not been kind to me, either, but that too has ended up making me stronger. Its hard sometimes being beautiful..... LOL (Just kidding - but my SIL is heavy and I've always irritated her. She's older, too. And honestly she has issues so I have to be the bigger person and try and understand her).
Last edited by Jeanie; 10/23/08 02:22 PM.
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