Comments on: Sometimes it Just Sucks

By: MB Johns

MB Johns — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:33:06 +0000

I love his succinct perspective (which is all through the Scriptures!). Bad things really are BAD, hurtful and evil- and we need to be allowed to hurt and grieve and struggle through them. The hopeful side is that God can bring good out of anything. But we must give people the time to get from one side of pain to the other and love them in that process. I remember when my brother died (at age 46) that a well-intended friend brought me a pamphlet on “Why Grieving is Wrong.” It wasn’t exactly helpful, but God showed me she meant well.

By: vince

vince — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:46:02 +0000

You’re right Jyn. Getting caught up in how I am supposed to feel will cause you to miss the whole point.

By: Jyn Meyer

Jyn Meyer — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:20:55 +0000

I saw something SORT of along these lines on Charlie Rose the other day from an athiest (although she commented on how awesome the book of Mathew was).

She was talking about how people are so obsessed with the ‘feel good’ method that they neglect people’s real feelings and write them off. When people have cancer and are ailing others can tell them to not concentrate on the negative and only on the positive or “think positive” when they are entitled to feeling yucky.

Im pulled with this view because I know of people who constantly dwell on the negative and are consistantly pessimistic, and on the other hand I know people who are blindly positive, also. Thanks for sharing!

By: RC Johnson

RC Johnson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:44:24 +0000

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