Proverbs 17:17 - A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.
When you go through something as I have, you learn a lot about yourself and others. Here are eight of the many things I’ve learned in the past 3 months.
1. No matter how many FB friends you have, you only have a few true friends. These are the people that are still encouraging you and loving on you three months later.
2. You find out that many of your friends were simply “fair weather friends”. And when the weather got rough, they ran for cover.
3. People who say the media is crooked suddenly believe that a journalist story is 100% fact, or they believe the story of someone they’ve never met over yours even though they’ve known you for years.
4. FB Friends and a true friend are not even on the same planet. My FB friend count has dropped by some 50 persons over the last 3 months. For more on this, refer to #2.
5. Everyone is hurting or has been hurt. Sadly, many people are hurting from hurt they’ve never dealt with. Hurting people hurt people. On the flip side, those who have been hurt but have experienced grace, healing, or redemption will be the ones that exhibit grace to you… they will help you to be restored, they help you heal, and they will be there for you in the storm and on the other side of it. These are the people you need and value the most.
6. Most people are good, and they do care. They just don’t know what to say or how to say it. Bottom line, be careful or else you’ll begin to believe everyone is against you.
7. People use Social Media as a shield that they believe enables them to say whatever they want to about you. However, when you run into them and you’re face to face, they suddenly become mute.
8. People see the unfriend button as something they can use to either hurt you with or something they believe will stop their hurt.
One final truth…
989 people have read my testimony via my blog since I posted it on Tuesday. I continue to pray for God to use it for His glory. Amen!
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