I Feel Welcome Here

[AnglicanPeace]

I just want to say thank you for being so nice to me. I visited another forum where I was treated like trash every time I posted. I felt so hurt. I have been emotionally abused my whole life, no matter how hard I tried to please people. They would say, "accept yourself." I felt dismissed. It's like some people either ignore you or attack you. They can't accept you and love you. That's why I became an introvert when I was very outgoing as a child.

They blame the victim and say "well it's because of what you're saying." I admit, I have said some snobby things in my youth. But I have also been misinterpreted a lot. Someone mentioned this to me: you say something and it's interpreted almost the opposite way. Then the person attacks the straw man. It's awful. This happens to Christians a lot lately it seems: we may be seen as bigots and holier than thou.

But if you become a people pleaser, they ignore you. They wonder why you care if they like you.

If you *don't* care what they think, they say, "you're supposed to care what people think." It's never ending.

Anyhow, now I have found my online communities and church. Thank God for the Internet, otherwise I would be lost.

I hope the rest of you feel loved and supported here too.

 

[Sam91]

Proverbs 18:24

John 15:15

I am glad that you have found friendship and support! Also, we have Him who sticks closer than a brother.

(Remember though, just in case you need it, not to let any seed of bitterness remain and to put it away from you so it doesn't hurt you.)

God bless you sister.

 

[WESTOZZIE]

You're a blessing sister. Your Shepherd Jesus carries you in His heart always.

 

[Mario David]

You are loved, be happy and enjoy life,

 

[Tigger45]

Continued blessings!