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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear
Sometimes I feel frustrated that we have a hard time being kind even when we disagree.
I don't agree with a lot of people but am not out to say hard things to hurt them...I have 2 sisters that were hurt I wish someone at that point in their life would have been kinder to them...Just because I am not stomping and banging on a pulpit does not mean I do not have things that I live by. I think the way we live speaks louder than what we type here.
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I have felt the same way, but sometimes kindness doesn't fit when producing Truth. In fact, without opposition there is no way that Truth can be discovered, and opposition will usually offend someone. Truth is merely the absence of a lie. If there were no lies, there would be no such thing as Truth. As with people in Scripture and in our lives, when lies are revealed, anger and rage can become evident.
Unfortunately, in this World we live in, people who always try to be the nice guy, they are taken advantage of and they can end up enabling an abuser. I came from a very abusive childhood, and it took years for me to finally stand up for myself. Fear drove me away from voicing my inner hurts, but the time came when I told people what happened, which included telling my parents how they scarred the lives of me and the 8 other children in our family.
My wife of over 30 years was sexually molested by her father from the time she was an infant, and until she was 9 years old. After her father went to prison, she slowly emerged with the dark story of what happened to her. Family members accused her of lying, and even her own grandmother who was raising her, thought she was exaggerating. My wife’s father would manipulate the grandmother, and this godly old woman would fall for his absolute lies.
Well, after her father went to prison 2 more times for molesting other children, where he eventually died, all the Family members are now silent regarding this incident. I watched my wife many times, put kindness aside, and even angrily put others in their place when she would tell the World, "My father is a LIAR!" Sis Alvear, sometimes a person needs to be mean, not obeying those who have the rule over them.
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