Hello Everyone,
God has always given me a heart for muslims . I have many muslims in my family and I grew up attending the mosque with my closest female cousins. Also I tend to find that many muslims are attracted to me because of my outwardly modest apparel and how well I treat them. Although, they seem to genuinely love me this feeling is often short lived. They often pressured by their families to disown me and disconnect with me after they find out that my love for them stems for my love for Jesus. To emphasize how poorly I have been treated, I have been : kicked out of several homes, someone tried to run me over with a car, one young lady could not been seen with me at all.
My problem is this: I have a student who is from Afghanistan and she is muslim. She originally loved me and invited me over to her home for tea. She treated me with the upmost respect. She often gathered my shoes, helped me with my bags, brought me chicken to school when I was sick ( I am her English teacher). When Christmas came, I spent close a very large sum of money providing her family of 12 with an abundance of gifts! And childrens' books on Jesus. One day afterschool, she asked it me why was Muhammed not in the Bible. I simply stated: that some of his ideologies concerning Jews and Christians; including his marriage of Aisha (his 6 year old bride) did not fair well with Christian doctrine. She had a fit! And our relationship has been strained every since. The rejection from she and her family took a toll on me because of all the things that I had done for them. Some of which I do not have time to explain. Her mood swings are extreme and she goes from being extremely nice to being extremely rude and defiant . She also does not respect me and she often speaks to me in a rude manner and then the next day she is nice again .
My spiritual dilemma is this: I don't know what to do! I have tried forgiving her 1000 times. Right, when I forgive her she does something to really anger me. One thing that I really do not like is her attitude towards me. I cannot do anything about her being in my class. But I don't want to see her, I don't want her around me. In other words, I find hatred growing in my heart towards her that I cannot shake. I am also bombarded with thoughts of her behaviors. I know its a spiritual battle as well. But I don't know what to do. I always wanted to minister to muslims, but I am beginning to change my mind. Do you have any advice for me on how to deal with these people?
God has always given me a heart for muslims . I have many muslims in my family and I grew up attending the mosque with my closest female cousins. Also I tend to find that many muslims are attracted to me because of my outwardly modest apparel and how well I treat them. Although, they seem to genuinely love me this feeling is often short lived. They often pressured by their families to disown me and disconnect with me after they find out that my love for them stems for my love for Jesus. To emphasize how poorly I have been treated, I have been : kicked out of several homes, someone tried to run me over with a car, one young lady could not been seen with me at all.
My problem is this: I have a student who is from Afghanistan and she is muslim. She originally loved me and invited me over to her home for tea. She treated me with the upmost respect. She often gathered my shoes, helped me with my bags, brought me chicken to school when I was sick ( I am her English teacher). When Christmas came, I spent close a very large sum of money providing her family of 12 with an abundance of gifts! And childrens' books on Jesus. One day afterschool, she asked it me why was Muhammed not in the Bible. I simply stated: that some of his ideologies concerning Jews and Christians; including his marriage of Aisha (his 6 year old bride) did not fair well with Christian doctrine. She had a fit! And our relationship has been strained every since. The rejection from she and her family took a toll on me because of all the things that I had done for them. Some of which I do not have time to explain. Her mood swings are extreme and she goes from being extremely nice to being extremely rude and defiant . She also does not respect me and she often speaks to me in a rude manner and then the next day she is nice again .
My spiritual dilemma is this: I don't know what to do! I have tried forgiving her 1000 times. Right, when I forgive her she does something to really anger me. One thing that I really do not like is her attitude towards me. I cannot do anything about her being in my class. But I don't want to see her, I don't want her around me. In other words, I find hatred growing in my heart towards her that I cannot shake. I am also bombarded with thoughts of her behaviors. I know its a spiritual battle as well. But I don't know what to do. I always wanted to minister to muslims, but I am beginning to change my mind. Do you have any advice for me on how to deal with these people?