tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post3525392777643191830..comments2023-12-31T05:01:58.031-06:00Comments on Young Stranger: I Am Not OffendedJohn Gustav-Wrathallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-13920441685615424112013-10-09T09:49:40.451-05:002013-10-09T09:49:40.451-05:00Anonymous - This breaks my heart to hear that. And...Anonymous - This breaks my heart to hear that. And, to be honest, in the past few days I've witnessed many similar expressions of pain and hopelessness. It's very hard for me to watch... The people who are suffering the most, it seems, are very, very good people; I'd say even righteous people.<br /><br />I am seeing a lot of people going to God in prayer and finding tremendous comfort. That's what I have done -- what I have always done!<br /><br />But I realize that often people try prayer and they don't "feel it," they don't get any response, and are left to themselves to struggle with very difficult feelings. Again, this is not a sign that they are bad or that God has abandoned them.<br /><br />Trust that you are a good person. Hang in there! Reach out to others. Don't listen to the voices that tell you you are "damned." Trust me, that is not the Spirit!! Feel free to reach out to me privately by email if you want to talk more... John Gustav-Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-24112708089545285932013-10-08T13:48:03.705-05:002013-10-08T13:48:03.705-05:00I wish I could share your optimism, hope and peace...I wish I could share your optimism, hope and peace. General Conference is not something I can really let inside. I find the negative messages about gays disheartening. For weeks I’m left with unshakable emptiness and hopelessness. Deluding myself with hope of acceptance becomes impossible again. Words from the pulpit become cold weapons and I retreat. I begin letting go of my patient and kind lover, my career, and my friends and I block out my family. I no longer feel worthy of God’s love or any love for that matter. Prayer brings no solace. Is the Spirit is telling me those cold words are the truth and I’m damned? Is it just one too more in a string of negative messages from the brethren?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2018387523779914474.post-37608993353879266552013-10-07T11:59:41.816-05:002013-10-07T11:59:41.816-05:00I love yopu too with all my heart my darling husba...I love yopu too with all my heart my darling husband.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com