tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706394268101035148.post3049869287615985738..comments2023-10-15T07:57:24.527-05:00Comments on Just Juls: ContrivedJust Julshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373348890004668952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706394268101035148.post-63355044617525882922007-02-18T09:15:00.000-06:002007-02-18T09:15:00.000-06:00Not meaning to be harsh, just a perspective check ...Not meaning to be harsh, just a perspective check for you:<BR/>-While your experience here was a wonderful group of friends, I have been here all these years and feel lonely all the time. Especially on Sundays. Nothing like hearing about all the outings everyone in our close knit community did that I wasn't included in. Perspective is different when you are the one being called for outings and events.<BR/>- Remember when the H-enator moved to town? Remember how aggressive she had to be to try to fit in and how it was hard for you to understand how she felt as the outsider? But she had it right - friendships do take some thought and planning. People do have their lives so sometimes you have to wriggle yourself in a little to find your place.<BR/>- Worship - you are seem to be judgemental on the worship, but again it is perspective. There are some, believe it or not, who find the Chapel type music style very hard to worship to. I know someone who feels about the Chapel type music much like you feel about the slow type music in your current church. SOme like that slow hymn type music. It may not be for you, that does not mean it is contrived or fake. Of course I am not there, so maybe it is.<BR/>I often feel like that in evangelical church settings, yet I can not say for sure it is fake - it just feels weird to me - and that's OK - we are the body with different needs and styles (my hands need lots of lotion to keep them healthy, my arms need almost nothing. My teeth need totally different and more frequent care than my neck - etc.)<BR/>Again - not meaning to sound harsh, just giving a perspective Grass is always Greener check. <BR/>I will pray for you today - that you will find your niche and a place where you can feel good about the worship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-706394268101035148.post-5639179021704339502007-02-18T08:15:00.000-06:002007-02-18T08:15:00.000-06:00I think I hear WHINING. I am surprised to see (he...I think I hear WHINING. I am surprised to see (hear) you say that you think friendship "just happens". You are well known for reaching out to make friends. And, if they were easy ones to make, everyone would already be their friends. I wonder why you were led to be there in Texas? Just for Travis, the job, his family? Or maybe to count armadillos?Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958917880554427447noreply@blogger.com