I hadn't heard from her inwards 10 years when she sent the perfunctory happy electronic mail most her life. Since we'd ane time been closed friends, I decided to produce something I don't ever produce - I replied alongside an honest overview of my life, the imperfections, mistakes, as well as sorrows too every bit the expert things.
Her respond was quick. This fourth dimension she shared the "real stuff" alongside me - I could country she felt condom because I'd been honest alongside her.
We shouldn't part everything alongside everyone, exactly nosotros quest live "real" alongside about people inwards our lives or nosotros give-up the ghost "plastic," impermeable, as well as lonely.
If you've ever had mortal respond to your honesty alongside self-righteous advice or know-it-all criticism, yous mightiness detect this hard to do.
So inquire God who is "safe" when yous quest a "spiritual hug" because it's Scriptural to "rejoice alongside those who rejoice; mourn alongside those who mourn" (Romans 12:15).
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