Something happens, and you are deeply hurt. Your boyfriend/girlfriend cheated on you, things are going bad at home, someone dear to you is in a bad situation, you name it. There are good ways to deal with stress, and there are bad ways. First off, do not go around spreading rumors if someone hurt you, or telling everyone your story in any case. It will do you no good to lie or to "get sympathy." If something is hurting you, the best thing to do is to pray. God can solve any problem, no matter how trivial or how important.
For people that have hurt you, forgive them. For your enemies, forgive them. If you do not forgive your enemies and your transgressors, then God will not forgive your transgressions. It says so in the Bible, "And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors" -Matthew 6:12. If you feel that God is not doing enough, or you feel the urge to talk to someone about it, go to your counselor, parents, best friend, or loved one. But do not tell all, pick one. Keep everything you need to talk about isolated to one or (at most) two people. That way if rumors spread from it you know who said something, and you can easy stop them.
Do not get me wrong, I am at fault of not following these guidelines just as much as the next person (maybe even moreso). But this is somewhere I can warn you to not make the same mistakes as me, and where I can remind myself not to make the same mistakes.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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