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Coping without friends

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Sandy, I'm sorry, sweetie. I've with you with no friends local to me. Just a few online. When I was young, pretty much none at all, too. None knew who I was either. Never got close to anyone. Hang in there. I can't say it gets better but I hope it does. I'm 36 so we aren't far apart in years. Much love, Lauren xoxo
 
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I can relate.

I've got crippling shyness when it comes to interacting with others... it's very, very hard for me to make new friends.

It's just as hard to keep them.

One funny thing though, that seems to change when the subject of Christ comes up. I had a half an hour conversation about Christ, salvation, and the end times with a customer who came into the store tonight.

Guy had a rough weekend--he got robbed at gunpoint last night a block up from the store. The perp pistol whipped him and he came to my store asking for help, with blood dripping off the back of his head. Tonight we were discussing the fallen nature of this world and the need for Christ's perfect blood.

Based on my short conversation with the guy, sounds like he knows the score when it comes to salvation. I certainly hope he does. In any case, it felt good to share Christ with someone else. Even more so, I notice my shyness seems to dispel--almost as if I'm compelled--whenever the subject comes up.

Let's just say he's not the only customer I've had this conversation with.

Sharing Christ with someone is like a high... a high like none other.
 
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Jon David said:
I can relate.

I've got crippling shyness when it comes to interacting with others... it's very, very hard for me to make new friends.
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I think we're both talking about other humans. I remember someone, big time Christian who lived it, saying, there's more to life than Jesus Christ. We ain't meant to be alone.
 
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