Tuesday, 09 June 2009
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Tired of it...
Once again I've grown a bit weary of Xanga...and not the site. I'm speaking of the "Christians" and the Christians.
Often, and truthfully most often, comments are good and encouraging. From some people I even consider them constructive. I've met some amazing people here, writers who I sense actually know me, where I'm coming from. I've found empathetic bloggers and truly caring people, and I value their words. And I suppose if I write and receive comments I should be able to take in those words and not the others, but it's those others that make me lose my momentum.
Because many readers just don't know me. They haven't read my five-years of back posts. They haven't seen the last four years of my journals-to-God. Certainly they aren't privy to my internal and audible dialogue with Jesus. They've not been around my last 29 years, seen what I've seen, done what I've done, experienced what I've lived.
You get the point. Or maybe you don't. Because some people come on here and write some fairly ignorant, nonconstructive, and/or mean things. None of us would be thrilled if a very minor acquaintance or stranger came up to us on the street and tore us a new one, but it happens in this sort of forum all the time.
And I accept that. I am, after all, exposing my thoughts in a public venue, and if you've taken the time to read then I suppose you have every right to say something. And as I write this, I'm actually grateful you took the time to read my thoughts...because in this self-absorbed world, what you're doing is a pretty selfless thing. But if you don't know me at all, haven't ever read any of my stuff, and still find it necessary to make a broad, negative assumption about me because I listen to Joyce Meyer, for example, is that intelligent?
Because I listen to a lot of other ministers too... And I read the Bible and Christian nonfiction, and old sermons and poetry and plays and histories and classics... My background and everything that encompasses my mind cannot be stuffed into a tiny little bottle labeled "Joyce Meyer"...just for example.
So I took a break. Again. And I needed it. And I started another blog elsewhere in which I can really write. Be more cynical or flippant or humorous. Write things that some "Christians" and Christians may not agree with and not fear a whole lot of meanness...meanness from "Christians" and Christians. Or should those both be in quotation marks?
I think blogging is a great thing, even if it's just for oneself. I actually had one young lady-blogger whom I respect caution me against Meyer, for example. But she knows me, and I know her. And we see things, as I've told her, from different sides of the canyon. And her perspective has helped me so I respect her cautionary comments, as I do a few others. And it's these people, and the other many gems, who make me want to come back. Because I miss them.
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Comments (7)
I hope you continue to blog, here and elsewhere. You already know how theraputic it can be. I can only offer prayers and engourgement. Thanks for opening yourself up to others
it's great when Christians from different circles yet still hold true the foundational creeds see from differing perspectives... but... it's nothing to fight and war over... secondary issues aren't as important to deal with...
i appreciate your blogging and stuff though...
Hey! People are .... well, people are ....stinkers for the most part... guess I can't write that... ;>) Well, Christians are somewhat different aren't they? They have for the most part had some kind of moment in time that changed their perspective and hopefully their direction. But 'some' Christians DO wear me out.... They have a pretty narrow view. Now if it's the Bible, I suppose that's okay, but when it is about us, then maybe not so okay.
We are all accountable to God for every word we say....
and don't think I have given up praying for you and that special guy. He's out there and he is for you!
can i read your new blog?
I may hold a different opinion than some, regarding disrespectful and ignorant and, as you say, "mean" comments, but my thinking is, it's my blog. And if people want to comment on my blog, they have to be respectful. They can disagree with me and I'm perfectly Ok with that, but if they can't do it in a respectful way, then I delete their comments. I don't give them the time of day, nor do I give them a place on MY blog to be rude. They can do that on their own blog.
I hope you continue blogging. I don't get by as often as I'd like, but I always enjoy what you have to say.
I only read a few blogs. But yours is one that I regularly check because I find it honest and inspiring. When someone negativly comments on your blog it can be such a slap in the face over something thats actually quite personal. But if they have to put you down, then they're the one with the problem.
I find some horrible responses on revelife sometimes and it makes me wince for the poster. Talk about bare your soul and people use it for target practice.
I like to remain anonymous on my blog (which is one of the reasons it seems to have remained largely silent
) but the upside is that I feel safe there. It can be such a trade off. I wouldn't mind if anyone I knew read it (or anyone really) but it's a place for me to verbally process thoughts.
Hope you're feeling better soon. I missed your posts.
I hope you continue to write and encourage others through your relationship with Jesus. I missed your posts and hope that you do share your other blog with some of us here. Hopefully, I am not part of the problem with my once narrow adherence to doctrine, which has changed since then - mainly because Christ has taught me so much more about love, compassion, grace, and forgiveness. I also went to another church, which less doctrinal and more about His love and mercy.