Oh Kylz! That thing you said about making friends with the new student and then being way too open about your struggles - I know exactly what you mean. I've made that mistake too many times with people I was leading at uni. Especially after all my other friends left and my uni friends became all the younger people. Mistake!! But they are the only people you have to talk to about that stuff, and sometimes you just have to let it out.
Yeah, I learnt a long time ago that being honest is shit.
I think James' advice in James 5:16 is terrible... Christians seem to be the worst people to be honest with. Much rather something stale and superficial...
What I'm talking about is the times when I have accidentally overstepped the mark in sharing burdens with other people who don't actually need to hear them. Or even worse - times when I have shared my problems with people and has mde it even more difficult for them to cope with their own problems. I think I have a problem with speaking before I think about what the impact of my words will be (James also says something about that in the first or second chapter :P).
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Welcome back to LJ. I miss your posts :P
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I think James' advice in James 5:16 is terrible... Christians seem to be the worst people to be honest with. Much rather something stale and superficial...
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What I'm talking about is the times when I have accidentally overstepped the mark in sharing burdens with other people who don't actually need to hear them. Or even worse - times when I have shared my problems with people and has mde it even more difficult for them to cope with their own problems. I think I have a problem with speaking before I think about what the impact of my words will be (James also says something about that in the first or second chapter :P).
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