**Tasha*Love**
New Member
How do you ladies deal with the "worldly influences"? I don't find it hard to live the life that Christ has instructed me to live but I find difficulty in the people around me. For example, I believe in forgiveness. Its a hard task to accomplish but I know that God requires us to forgives others and move past any grievances that we may have with each other. Well when I put this into practice there is always someone there who disagrees with the choice that I have made and I get backlash. I am not perfect but I try not to be judgemental, gossipy, jealous hearted and envious. The many things that I see in others/this world on a daily basis.
I have a heart of compassion that I feel gets taken for granted. I believe in doing for people if they are in need. But sometimes I get taken advantage of because my kindness is taken as a weakness. I do what is right but it seems that I get burned in the end! For the past 2 years God has taken me on a self-examination to see areas of my life that I need to correct. It was a hard process but I am a better person for it. I try my best to treat people right and live as God would have me to live. I feel like I am an outsider because I do what is right and not what others think is right. Sometimes I think if I was mean, hateful and devious I would be accepted more but that is not who God made me to be. My mother once told me that "I cannot live in this world alone". I just feel like I am in my own world and I don't mesh with the rest of society. I refuse to conform to what society thinks I should be but I also get upset because I am not accepted for being me. I know I am rambling but I feel so alone. Thanks for listening.
Romans 12:2 (Whole Chapter)
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
I have a heart of compassion that I feel gets taken for granted. I believe in doing for people if they are in need. But sometimes I get taken advantage of because my kindness is taken as a weakness. I do what is right but it seems that I get burned in the end! For the past 2 years God has taken me on a self-examination to see areas of my life that I need to correct. It was a hard process but I am a better person for it. I try my best to treat people right and live as God would have me to live. I feel like I am an outsider because I do what is right and not what others think is right. Sometimes I think if I was mean, hateful and devious I would be accepted more but that is not who God made me to be. My mother once told me that "I cannot live in this world alone". I just feel like I am in my own world and I don't mesh with the rest of society. I refuse to conform to what society thinks I should be but I also get upset because I am not accepted for being me. I know I am rambling but I feel so alone. Thanks for listening.
Romans 12:2 (Whole Chapter)
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
