It’s hard when someone encourages you
to love people who are barely likable.
(Thanks, Josh; you’re a true friend.)  :-Þ
What about when someone starts developing
a nearly-creepy attachment to you
that you have no intention of encouraging.

Just for the record, I don’t handle clingy, needy people very well.
Tolerate them, yes.  Love them?  LIKE them?
Surely God understands…He’s the one who made me this way,..

          I’m starting to worry that He did it on purpose just so that I could change.

Off to study, and to pray about these new situations at school.

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  1. You’re doing better than I my friend…right now I don’t handle any people very well…with the possible exception of a little Russian -American baby we keep while his mom recuperates…for some reason he decided I am his best buddy without me instigating it…

  2. Hey! Thanks for the message. Yes, 24 already. Hardy har har.
    God calls us to love everyone, but loving doesn’t negate setting and keeping healthy boundaries. So it could be a matter of you exploring or learning where those boundaries should be so that you can have the most loving relationship with this person that’s hard to deal with. I think the least loving thing to do, or one of the least loving things, would be to encourage someone’s co-dependent habits by not setting proper boundaries, if that’s something they’re struggling with. (Not that that’s the case here, but just something to think about all around.) May God be with you in your learning and living.

  3. Hey Sara! Yes, my bro is doing well with his convalescence.This has given him pause for thought about his life, his marriage and a lot of things…so I think God may be using it to get his attention…Wow, let’s see…I am doing well. I have a week’s training left at my new job. Please pray for me in it as I get graded for graduation this next week. My insurance kicked in today, so providing I do graduate, I will be able to get my skin issues taken care of very quickly. Also got my first cell phone in the last 5 or 6 years…because the company essentially makes us!I don’t know if you heard but thegreatknock is getting married! I have been asked to be a groomsman and covenant with them and other wedding party members in prayer for their union, so that’s pretty cool and a big honor for me.Someone who works with the bride told me I introduced them…I was there but I don’t remember if I did the actual intros or not…but I assume the person got it from the bride, so I guess I did!What else…Cali trip went well. Still looking for a new church home. We have 2 babies staying here right now, which is interesting. Really makes you slow down and think about being gentle with people.What about you? Last thing I heard was that you were taking classes to become a massage therapist and having trouble with a clingy friend :0) What else is new?wow, I used more exclamation marks than Tom Wolfe!!!!!Go Colts!!

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