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Thank you, but need need to almost cry.
I went through a lot but it did make me who I am.
Bad things happen but we have to pick what we do about them. We can hate the people who did it to us or we can see it as a life changing experience and grow from it.
I went through a lot but it did make me who I am.
Bad things happen but we have to pick what we do about them. We can hate the people who did it to us or we can see it as a life changing experience and grow from it.
There is a proverb in Java Indonesia that life is on earth is like a thirsty traveler make stop for a drink.
They try to make a point that our life on earth is a temporary, only a second, compare to our life on the other side after dead.
I was being bully in some of my school year, what help me to deal with this problem is that, if life on earth is only a second, than bully is only a second.
2 Corinthians 4:18
Viewing the King James Version. Click to switch to 1611 King James Version of 2 Corinthians 4:18.
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
There is a story of a poor father stole to support his family. Father caught and go to jail for three months. Always cray think for his family. In The fourth day he looked very happy.
Because he heard his wife won the lottery three million dollars.
He still had to stay in jail for 86 days. But 86 days is pretty short once because he knew after that he doen't need to steal anymore. he will have a mansion and enough food for his family.
This is the story of us,Christians. we are in abject only temporary, only in our brief time in this world
Then we will live in a luxurious house forever like this father.
As soon as I think about what are not seen like the verse above, than I am forget all bully that I am experience as a poor kid and the sadness dis appear replace by joy.
The world is not our home. That way I can't fell at home in this world anymore
There is a tale of a poor father stole to support his family. Father caught and go to jail three months. A few days in prison he sad. The fourth day she looked very happy.
Because he heard his wife won the lottery three million dollars.
He still had to stay in jail for 86 days. But 86 days is pretty short once because he knew after that he had nothing to steal, he will have a mansion and enough food for his family.
This is the story of all of us as Christians. we are in abject only temporary, brief our time in this world
Then we will live in a luxurious house forever.
There is a tale of a poor father stole to support his family. Father caught and go to jail three months. A few days in prison he sad. The fourth day she looked very happy.
Because he heard his wife won the lottery three million dollars.
He still had to stay in jail for 86 days. But 86 days is pretty short once because he knew after that he had nothing to steal, he will have a mansion and enough food for his family.
This is the story of all of us as Christians. we are in abject only temporary, brief our time in this world
Then we will live in a luxurious house forever.
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME with LYRICS - JIM REEVES - YouTube
They try to make a point that our life on earth is a temporary, only a second, compare to our life on the other side after dead.
I was being bully in some of my school year, what help me to deal with this problem is that, if life on earth is only a second, than bully is only a second.
2 Corinthians 4:18
Viewing the King James Version. Click to switch to 1611 King James Version of 2 Corinthians 4:18.
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
There is a story of a poor father stole to support his family. Father caught and go to jail for three months. Always cray think for his family. In The fourth day he looked very happy.
Because he heard his wife won the lottery three million dollars.
He still had to stay in jail for 86 days. But 86 days is pretty short once because he knew after that he doen't need to steal anymore. he will have a mansion and enough food for his family.
This is the story of us,Christians. we are in abject only temporary, only in our brief time in this world
Then we will live in a luxurious house forever like this father.
As soon as I think about what are not seen like the verse above, than I am forget all bully that I am experience as a poor kid and the sadness dis appear replace by joy.
The world is not our home. That way I can't fell at home in this world anymore
There is a tale of a poor father stole to support his family. Father caught and go to jail three months. A few days in prison he sad. The fourth day she looked very happy.
Because he heard his wife won the lottery three million dollars.
He still had to stay in jail for 86 days. But 86 days is pretty short once because he knew after that he had nothing to steal, he will have a mansion and enough food for his family.
This is the story of all of us as Christians. we are in abject only temporary, brief our time in this world
Then we will live in a luxurious house forever.
There is a tale of a poor father stole to support his family. Father caught and go to jail three months. A few days in prison he sad. The fourth day she looked very happy.
Because he heard his wife won the lottery three million dollars.
He still had to stay in jail for 86 days. But 86 days is pretty short once because he knew after that he had nothing to steal, he will have a mansion and enough food for his family.
This is the story of all of us as Christians. we are in abject only temporary, brief our time in this world
Then we will live in a luxurious house forever.
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME with LYRICS - JIM REEVES - YouTube
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THIS WORLD IS NOT MY HOME with LYRICS - JIM REEVES - YouTube
Thank you Jackson. Your story reminds me of John 14... Jesus tells
us we will have a home in Heaven with Him. He is preparing our mansion
now as we read this. I clicked on your song. Thank you for posting it. So true.
Thank you Jackson. Your story reminds me of John 14... Jesus tells
us we will have a home in Heaven with Him. He is preparing our mansion
now as we read this. I clicked on your song. Thank you for posting it. So true.
J
Thank you, but need need to almost cry.
I went through a lot but it did make me who I am.
Bad things happen but we have to pick what we do about them. We can hate the people who did it to us or we can see it as a life changing experience and grow from it.
I went through a lot but it did make me who I am.
Bad things happen but we have to pick what we do about them. We can hate the people who did it to us or we can see it as a life changing experience and grow from it.
than a simple comment, or pointing a finger, or calling names.
Yours is more life threatening and I know we are in need to remember
even on Internet it is a place to show Love of Jesus .... because we
don't know what others are suffering. What an inspiration. (( HUGS))
D
Thank you, but need need to almost cry.
I went through a lot but it did make me who I am.
Bad things happen but we have to pick what we do about them. We can hate the people who did it to us or we can see it as a life changing experience and grow from it.
I went through a lot but it did make me who I am.
Bad things happen but we have to pick what we do about them. We can hate the people who did it to us or we can see it as a life changing experience and grow from it.
This is a good thread where people can open up about these things and get support - but also you are helping raise awareness so teachers and adults who may see this can be proactive and learn from your experiences.
I think my situation was different than a lot of others because I was a taller, bigger guy, but I was bullied mostly by kids in upper grades when I was in middle school. I was in boxing so I would just catch a bully in between classes when he was with his friends and I would confront him right there about what was going on in a very aggressive manner, allowing no physical distance between us. I would even make it a point to do it in front of teachers so that the bullies would believe that I had no boundaries. Out of all of my bullies that I had to do this to, only one time did the action result in a fight. It lasted 5 seconds and the bully fell over into a coke machine. We became friends afterward.
Bullies bully because they feel a sense of power, dominance, and invincibility. When you make them feel not very safe anymore and give them a sense that they could be physically harmed at a moment's notice, no matter whose watching, at any place or time, they tend to ease up in my experience.
This was before taking a gun to school was an answer for most bullied kids
Bullies bully because they feel a sense of power, dominance, and invincibility. When you make them feel not very safe anymore and give them a sense that they could be physically harmed at a moment's notice, no matter whose watching, at any place or time, they tend to ease up in my experience.
This was before taking a gun to school was an answer for most bullied kids
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I am so sorry to hear about your brother. I can only imagine the frustration you must have felt not being able to protect him. My thoughts and prayers go out to both of you. Thank you for sharing this, people need to realize that bullying (physical or emotional or both) can cause so much damage for the person being bullied in later years. And, I agree about not trying to go back many years later. People have moved on and, hopefully, recovered from the bullying. Bringing it back up can bring all of the pain back so easily.
I was lucky enough to be close in age to my brother and was able to protect him from the bullies. There were two boys in particular that I will never forget. They were my age and took great delight in bullying my brother physically and emotionally. When I found out about it, I hunted those two down and had a serious 'talk' with them. The funniest thing was the look on their faces when I told them that if they wanted to hit someone, try hitting me instead since I was closer in size to them than my brother. After a little more talk and a couple of promises of what I would do to them if they even looked at my brother again, the bullying stopped completely.
It breaks my heart to read all of these stories of people being bullied so mercilessly. I realize how lucky I was to not have been bullied like that. I did have a group of girls in high school that did not like me and tried to threaten me a couple of times (things like cutting my hair off or hurting me bad enough that I would not be able to play basketball) but when I told them to stop talking and try doing it, the threats stopped. I guess they thought that since they were in a group I would be afraid of them? I don't know but, I never considered that bullying because it caused me no harm at all--physical or emotional. I am like you, Angela, too hard-headed to put up with anyone trying to bully me.
God bless to all who have shared. Bullying has become an epidemic and it needs to stop. Just talking about it and making others aware is a step in the right direction. It gets harder to put a stop to it since it is not just children who are doing the bullying--way too many adults are bullying people, too. I just keep praying for peace and harmony.
I was lucky enough to be close in age to my brother and was able to protect him from the bullies. There were two boys in particular that I will never forget. They were my age and took great delight in bullying my brother physically and emotionally. When I found out about it, I hunted those two down and had a serious 'talk' with them. The funniest thing was the look on their faces when I told them that if they wanted to hit someone, try hitting me instead since I was closer in size to them than my brother. After a little more talk and a couple of promises of what I would do to them if they even looked at my brother again, the bullying stopped completely.
It breaks my heart to read all of these stories of people being bullied so mercilessly. I realize how lucky I was to not have been bullied like that. I did have a group of girls in high school that did not like me and tried to threaten me a couple of times (things like cutting my hair off or hurting me bad enough that I would not be able to play basketball) but when I told them to stop talking and try doing it, the threats stopped. I guess they thought that since they were in a group I would be afraid of them? I don't know but, I never considered that bullying because it caused me no harm at all--physical or emotional. I am like you, Angela, too hard-headed to put up with anyone trying to bully me.
God bless to all who have shared. Bullying has become an epidemic and it needs to stop. Just talking about it and making others aware is a step in the right direction. It gets harder to put a stop to it since it is not just children who are doing the bullying--way too many adults are bullying people, too. I just keep praying for peace and harmony.
J
I think my situation was different than a lot of others because I was a taller, bigger guy, but I was bullied mostly by kids in upper grades when I was in middle school. I was in boxing so I would just catch a bully in between classes when he was with his friends and I would confront him right there about what was going on in a very aggressive manner, allowing no physical distance between us. I would even make it a point to do it in front of teachers so that the bullies would believe that I had no boundaries. Out of all of my bullies that I had to do this to, only one time did the action result in a fight. It lasted 5 seconds and the bully fell over into a coke machine. We became friends afterward.
Bullies bully because they feel a sense of power, dominance, and invincibility. When you make them feel not very safe anymore and give them a sense that they could be physically harmed at a moment's notice, no matter whose watching, at any place or time, they tend to ease up in my experience.
This was before taking a gun to school was an answer for most bullied kids
Bullies bully because they feel a sense of power, dominance, and invincibility. When you make them feel not very safe anymore and give them a sense that they could be physically harmed at a moment's notice, no matter whose watching, at any place or time, they tend to ease up in my experience.
This was before taking a gun to school was an answer for most bullied kids
Now I remember... Your story reminded me of David and Goliath. Don't know why,
just did. I guess all stories where larger people pick on smaller, for whatever reason,
is a David and Goliath situation. Even today it is still same if not worse. We really do
need Jesus with us constantly. God bless...
J
Your being a teacher is a job that is under rated. With the bullying that goes on in
school today, it is a blessing you know Jesus. I believe many teachers have had to
pray through issues and ask God to help them & you to get through touchy situations.
As for your brother, there is no greater love than one who will lay their life down
for their friend, according to scripture. You have shown a love I am sure your brother
never has forgotten.
The Lord bless you and keep you in His tender loving care along with your students. Amen
school today, it is a blessing you know Jesus. I believe many teachers have had to
pray through issues and ask God to help them & you to get through touchy situations.
As for your brother, there is no greater love than one who will lay their life down
for their friend, according to scripture. You have shown a love I am sure your brother
never has forgotten.
The Lord bless you and keep you in His tender loving care along with your students. Amen
It may be abuse to some but now days that is what being bullied is. Its not just about name calling anymore.
It has become physical abuse. But it's still being bullied.
I wouldnt sue anyone for that. What would I get out of it? It doesn't make the pain go away. It doesn't stop the memories of them hitting me and calling me things no one should ever be called.
I get your point though. But it does no good to sue anyone.
It has become physical abuse. But it's still being bullied.
I wouldnt sue anyone for that. What would I get out of it? It doesn't make the pain go away. It doesn't stop the memories of them hitting me and calling me things no one should ever be called.
I get your point though. But it does no good to sue anyone.