When I became a Christian, I changed in so many ways VERY quickly. I dropped everything to follow after Jesus, including my own "dreams" and the things I was addicted to (TV, video games, etc.), and I did it because God changed me, first from the inside and it showed on the outside.
Well, my family started asking questions soon after. I answered their questions the best I could and trusted God to change them if He wanted to.
Then I got asked the same questions again by the same people, such as:
"Why don't you like [insert video game here]? You used to love it!"
"Why won't you watch this movie with us?"
"You used to be such a blabbermouth. What happened?"
They have been asking me questions like these almost every day for months. I stopped answering them, because they know the answer, they just won't believe it. I remember my mom saying once when I was little that people don't really change, they're always the same on the inside, so maybe that's why she doesn't believe it.
The best way to describe all of this is, it's like I was stuck in a dark hole and finally got out, but then the people in the hole keep trying to pull me back in while asking, "why don't you come back? You used to love the darkness!" Yeah, because I was blind and ignorant.
Since I know my family is probably still going to ask these questions, I wanted to ask for some (biblical) advice on how to be patient with them. I feel frustrated on the inside when they ask the same questions again and again, and they just don't understand that I don't like the things I used to anymore. It's like they think I am faking it and that I'm only doing it because I'm afraid of hell or out of guilt. Why is it so surprising that I want to be with someone so powerful and amazing as God?
So again, I wanted to ask for advice for this, and maybe Bible verses that would be helpful for this type of situation as well.
Well, my family started asking questions soon after. I answered their questions the best I could and trusted God to change them if He wanted to.
Then I got asked the same questions again by the same people, such as:
"Why don't you like [insert video game here]? You used to love it!"
"Why won't you watch this movie with us?"
"You used to be such a blabbermouth. What happened?"
They have been asking me questions like these almost every day for months. I stopped answering them, because they know the answer, they just won't believe it. I remember my mom saying once when I was little that people don't really change, they're always the same on the inside, so maybe that's why she doesn't believe it.
The best way to describe all of this is, it's like I was stuck in a dark hole and finally got out, but then the people in the hole keep trying to pull me back in while asking, "why don't you come back? You used to love the darkness!" Yeah, because I was blind and ignorant.
Since I know my family is probably still going to ask these questions, I wanted to ask for some (biblical) advice on how to be patient with them. I feel frustrated on the inside when they ask the same questions again and again, and they just don't understand that I don't like the things I used to anymore. It's like they think I am faking it and that I'm only doing it because I'm afraid of hell or out of guilt. Why is it so surprising that I want to be with someone so powerful and amazing as God?
So again, I wanted to ask for advice for this, and maybe Bible verses that would be helpful for this type of situation as well.