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What do you say to this?
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:59 pm
by TimM1104
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!
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:45 am
by Deborah
sometimes it is more important to listen than to say anthing.
Just make sure she knows your listening.
Re: What do you say to this?
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:40 am
by XenonII
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!
Hmmm...How about this one (I heard this a lot when I was growing up), God works in mysterious ways.
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:39 am
by TimM1104
God works in mysterious ways, but usually not with the cost of someone elses life.. :-\, keep your prayers on the girl in the hospital, her family, and all of the girl who died's family and friends to have strength and find comfort in him, please...
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:46 pm
by BGoodForGoodSake
Deborah wrote:sometimes it is more important to listen than to say anthing.
Just make sure she knows your listening.
Where do you get such wisdom?
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:41 pm
by bizzt
BGoodForGoodSake wrote:Deborah wrote:sometimes it is more important to listen than to say anthing.
Just make sure she knows your listening.
Where do you get such wisdom?
She is a Woman
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:40 pm
by TimM1104
Ya, i ended up listening to her, tell her i was going to be praying for everyone involved, and otld her to call me if she ever needs someone tot alk to or anyone to talk to or whatnot...
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:26 pm
by Kurieuo
BGoodForGoodSake wrote:Deborah wrote:sometimes it is more important to listen than to say anthing.
Just make sure she knows your listening.
Where do you get such wisdom?
I agree this is the best thing to do.
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.
Kurieuo.