What do you say to this?
- TimM1104
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What do you say to this?
It is 11:57 at night, and i was about to goto bed, and i imed my one friend to joke around bout i wanted to goto bed 2 hours ago.. Well she told me she needed to talk, and asked if i minded, so of course i always stay up for religious or important talks.. well.. it ended up she was in a Jet Ski accident, and 1 of her friends died, 1 is in the Hospital, and 1 is in ICU... all from that Accident... WHAT DO I SAY? What do people say in situations like this? i have been in this kind of situation before, i jus tnever know what to say!
sometimes it is more important to listen than to say anthing.
Just make sure she knows your listening.
Just make sure she knows your listening.
Church tradition tells us that when John, son of Zebadee and brother of James was an old man, his disciples would carry him to church in their arms.
He would simply say, “Little children, love one another”
After a time his disciples wearied at always hearing these same words and asked “Master why do you always say this?
He replied, “it is the Lords command, and if done, it is enough”
He would simply say, “Little children, love one another”
After a time his disciples wearied at always hearing these same words and asked “Master why do you always say this?
He replied, “it is the Lords command, and if done, it is enough”
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Re: What do you say to this?
Hmmm...How about this one (I heard this a lot when I was growing up), God works in mysterious ways.TimM1104 wrote:It is 11:57 at night, and i was about to goto bed, and i imed my one friend to joke around bout i wanted to goto bed 2 hours ago.. Well she told me she needed to talk, and asked if i minded, so of course i always stay up for religious or important talks.. well.. it ended up she was in a Jet Ski accident, and 1 of her friends died, 1 is in the Hospital, and 1 is in ICU... all from that Accident... WHAT DO I SAY? What do people say in situations like this? i have been in this kind of situation before, i jus tnever know what to say!
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I agree this is the best thing to do.BGoodForGoodSake wrote:Where do you get such wisdom?Deborah wrote:sometimes it is more important to listen than to say anthing.
Just make sure she knows your listening.
When people talk about their problems and issues, it is often best just to remain silent and listen. Such people usually aren't looking for someone to give them advice in such situations, they just need to know they have someone to share with them and understand. If we did begin to talk in such situations, usually anything we say would sound as though we don't really understand or that we're trivialising the issue.
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