Here’s the problem. It’s not very comforting when you’re in the midst of deep hurt or anger and someone tries to put a God-spin on it… when you’re feeling very REAL, VALID emotions, and someone seems to not care and instead tries to force you into a happy place. Sometimes as Christians we can be pretty lousy friends. We’ve trained ourselves to rebuke, to challenge, to resist, to persist…. but what happened to sitting quietly next to someone in pain and allowing ourselves to enter into that with them? What happened to empathy, compassion, mercy, love, kindness, gentleness, patience…? These were things that were sadly lacking in my interactions with people who were hurting.
Translation: Aquí está el problema. No es muy cómodo cuando estás en el medio de dolor o ira y alguien intenta poner una pers
Translation: Here's the problem. It's not very comfortable when you're in the middle of pain or anger and someone tries to put a positive perspective on it.
 I’m not saying I’m perfect, but I’m learning to be a better friend. I’m learning to listen, to validate, to sit quietly, to be present, to be a safe space for people to share their pain. I’m learning to be a better friend.

Translation: Aquí está el problema. No es muy cómodo cuando estás en el medio de dolor o ira y alguien intenta poner una pers
pectiva positiva.

Translation: Here's the problem. It's not very comfortable when you're in the middle of pain or anger and someone tries to put a positive perspective on it.