? Down and out ?
–You shouldn’t be there.
–Do this . . .
? Overloaded with problems ?
–They can be fixed.
–I can tell you . . .
? Struggles, challenges ?
–Just deal with them, solve them.
–Not talk about them . . .
? People with continuous troubles ?
–Should be, could be, more like me/us.
–If they would . . .
? Hurting, grieving, burdened ?
–Shouldn’t be there so often, so long.
–I/we get over it . . .
? Uncomfortable with inequity of
“some have it easier, some harder”
“some have more, some less”
“some more ‘success’, some less”
“some greater IQ, some less”
“some more money, some less”
“some more trouble, some less”
“some more worry, some less”
“some more happiness, some less”
“some spiritually stronger, some less”
“some need God more, some less”
“some see ‘life is no fair’, some not” ?
–Some do things right, some don’t.
–Glad I must be doing it right, got the better deal.
? Unsuccessful ?
–I can’t actually help.
–Just look at my example of success.
? So different ?
–I’m uncomfortable.
–If you don’t follow my example
and get it together, I can’t help you.
? On bottom side of life ?
–I really can’t relate,
so I can’t really get involved,
so I can’t really help.
–You’ll have to hit the bottom hard,
then you’ll change and get help.
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And, after all the above, my response:
Most of it is stupid, nonsense, and reasons why so many people keep hurting that don’t need to, and why so many marriages fail and families wipe out, and why churches, Christians, talk themselves out of helping hurting people—instead, we should just “bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
Hard questions—harder to give easy answers.