tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8253078732827206736.post7462864374151934128..comments2012-11-18T18:26:16.022-10:00Comments on Finding me: Janet Smith Hamelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05390888753787927255noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8253078732827206736.post-1450943812170474512012-08-15T11:29:23.697-10:002012-08-15T11:29:23.697-10:00Thanks Ashley. I don't participate in that kin...Thanks Ashley. I don't participate in that kind of nonsense. On more than 1 occasion, I have left the conversation because I wouldn't contribute to it. I have also told people I didn't appreciate the tone of a conversation and they shouldn't be talking about so and so because they weren't there to defend themselves. I had hoped others would do the same for me. Real friends would. I guess we still have lessons to learn in our 40's!<br />Janet Smith Hamelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05390888753787927255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8253078732827206736.post-72633318632039254652012-08-15T06:43:16.528-10:002012-08-15T06:43:16.528-10:00Janet,
Good for you! I have been there as well. I...Janet,<br /><br />Good for you! I have been there as well. I "lost" a couple of snobby girlfriends who I had known since very early childhood after they decided I was not perfect enough for them. It is so easy for people to pick on others, and never stop to think for one second how THEY are not perfect either! Jesus was the only perfect person to ever walk the planet. Not to mention, the bible strictly asks us to love one another and not to point out the splinter in someone's eye, when they have a giant tree growing out of there's! So that verse is summarized a bit, but you get my meaning. <br /><br />I know it hurts losing someone who you thought was a friend. But remember that God brings people in and out of our lives for a reason. There are better friends to be made. I know from experience. It still hurts that those friends think bad of me when I try to live a good life and be a good person, but I have learned that sometimes we just can't control other people, and we have to let them go. In the end, you made the perfect point, a true friend won't leave your side through the hard times.<br /><br />They CERTAINLY would not talk about your babies! Shame on them! I think Gossip is one of the worst things that hurts people's souls at this time. Words can be so hurtful. If people really want to preach the bible and act all "Christian" then they should be trying to be more like Christ. I highly doubt he spoke ill of others just to gossip. <br /><br />Stay strong! <3Ashliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666210896647475227noreply@blogger.com