"If they hate you, remember they hated me first"

[teresa]

Ever feel this way:

mocked

spit upon

laughed at

rejected by friends

betrayed by your friends

bullied

shamed

humiliated

dumped

beaten

broken

He said to remember that they hated Him first John 15:18-27

Jesus was God in flesh

He knows....He knows our pain and infirmities

He walked in our shoes!

 

[teresa]

ps-I viewed Passion of the Christ for the first time tonight. And it really brought home how badly he suffered.

 

[teresa]

Let us rejoice in the gift of god's mercy through his cross and resurrection, and extend that mercy to one another

 

[Press On]

ps-I viewed Passion of the Christ for the first time tonight. And it really brought home how badly he suffered.

Wonderful film. I have it and watch it periodically.

 

[Press On]

Ever feel this way:

mocked

spit upon

laughed at

rejected by friends

betrayed by your friends

bullied

shamed

humiliated

dumped

beaten

broken

He said to remember that they hated Him first John 15:18-27

Jesus was God in flesh

He knows....He knows our pain and infirmities

He walked in our shoes!

I’ve been going through some trials lately. Yours is a timely message. Thanks for posting.

 

[Jeshu]

In His suffering Jesus also shows what we have to go through. He went through deepest darkness so He could lead us through it. One of the main reasons i love Him so much. What an awesome saviour we have to suffer and die so He can lead us away from it all.

 

[Tempura]

ps-I viewed Passion of the Christ for the first time tonight. And it really brought home how badly he suffered.

Indeed it did. To some it's just torture porn, to me it's about perseverance, commitment and the ugly road to something very holy. Seeing all the suffering is the point, and it makes one think.

Another, very different film I really love is Martin Scorsese's Silence. It's quite harrowing too, and very...different. It's about doubt, and about the essence of faith when it's stripped of religion, pride and boundaries. I think it's also about a certain kind of perseverance, about that spark of faith that's hard to kill. Not an easy movie to watch, but I do love it. It broke me when I watched it, and then I started coming together again in a wonderful way.

 

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[Moises]

Yes, I used to be picked in school. So there were a lot of instances where I was publicly ashamed and laughed at. Beaten up. and when I got home, it didn't improve either. But after 14, things got better. Now that I think of it, it was for the wrong reasons, After discovering a therapist and finding medications, I also began to self-medicate. So when I drank, I noticed that my mom wouldn't hit me or get in an argument with me, and I kind of used that for a while, till I was hooked and had moved onto harder drugs. Whatever, things are better now, or as good as they can be. I have come a long way

 

[teresa]

Yes, I used to be picked in school. So there were a lot of instances where I was publicly ashamed and laughed at. Beaten up. and when I got home, it didn't improve either. But after 14, things got better. Now that I think of it, it was for the wrong reasons, After discovering a therapist and finding medications, I also began to self-medicate. So when I drank, I noticed that my mom wouldn't hit me or get in an argument with me, and I kind of used that for a while, till I was hooked and had moved onto harder drugs. Whatever, things are better now, or as good as they can be. I have come a long way

I'm sure that took a tremendous amount of hard work! And tons of insight into yourself.

We are collectively joined together through our sufferings...to Christ