Hi Ronda,
Thank you.
Vinny
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From: "Rhonda Partain" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 3:00 PM
Subject: relationships


> I was just thinking, can't really do to much else, it's to cold.  Anyway,
I
> was thinking about relationships, between friends, between marriage
> partners, between family members, and between church members.  One thing
all
> these relationships have in common is that sometimes people are hurt.  I
> don't know about the rest of you, but I tend to run away from my hurt
> feelings.  I don't like feeling angry,, or hurt.  I am afraid of saying
> something that will make things worse, and so I make things worse by
saying
> nothing at all.  I just think about the hurt, and the other person may be
> unaware it is there.  Recently, I have begun to express to others how I
> feel.  God has given us a wonderful gift of words, a gift that has such
> power.  Godused words to create a whole universe from nothing, He took
away
> the darkness bysaying "light be", and we too have power, with our words we
> can angrily tell another just what we think, an outburst of angry words
may
> make us feel better, but it doesn't resolve anything.  I think that if we
> are to learn to "love one another", we have to learn how to talk, or
asthey
> say in my classes at college, communicate our feelings, and needs to
> tothers.
> I think that sometimes God puts us in situations where we are  pushed so
to
> speak, we then have to decide whether to try and speak"the truth in love"
or
> say nothing and remain hurt.  I think all of us need to learn how to get
> along with others, how to disagree with out being disagreeable, and how to
> love someone who doesn't think just exactly as we do.
> It is a scary thing to try and tell someone else we feel hurt, or are
angry,
> but how can they know if we do not say.  Hurt feelings and angry feelings
> only turn to bitterness and unforgiveness if kept locked away.
> I was just thinking... and praying that Icould continue to learn how to
> truly "love others"
> Rhonda
>