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lil_christian

lil_christian

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Thanks Gabe and Cris. I guess it's something I'll just have to deal with for now.
 
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lil_christian said:
Thanks Gabe and Cris. I guess it's something I'll just have to deal with for now.
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If you want to look at it another way, remind yourself that there are people out there that wish they could spend more time with their sisters and would gladly trade situations with you if they could... :)
 
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lil_christian said:
So...there's something that's been on my mind. Some of you guys know I have another sister. I'm the baby of my family. My older sister, not the engaged one, decided to become a youth leader at the youth group that I do praise and worship at. I really don't know how I feel about it, because the youth group was MY thing. It just seems to always happen. I find something or someplace and one of my sisters decide, "Hey, I want to do that, too!" And it's just...I don't know. Sometimes you need those few hours around people besides your family. Sometimes you want to be unique in something that you do. And it just seems like I can never truly find it. Maybe that's another reason why I should go to Minnesota...so I can figure things out while getting my degree. I love my family, I do. But I just really need that separation. That thing that makes me different from my sisters. I'm always getting how alike we act, how we all look alike, sound alike...how we all do this and all can do that. It's not, "Well, I do this, but she does that, and she does something else. Nothing we do is so-called better than or superior to the other. It's simply what makes us unique."

I dunno. Does it sound selfish? The youth group is in need of youth leaders...I was just hoping that I could just keep it a me-thing. When my oldest sister quit, I kind of felt relieved because it was, "Now it's something I just do, and I love it most of the time."
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I totally get it Lil. My church has asked me several times to consider taking over our youth ministry in addition to the children's ministry, making for a full-time position. And while I'm really humbled at their belief in me for such a position, I turned it down because my girls need their own place to just be themselves. They need a youth leader they can talk to about their life - and it needs to be someone besides their mother. :p

You need that too. However, since you are close to graduating from the youth program anyway, it's probably best to just accept this change gracefully and maybe start planning and looking forward to future programs that you'll be able to participate in on your own. I think college is a wonderful way for you to spread your wings and discover yourself. I say go for it! *hugs*
 
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lil_christian said:
So...there's something that's been on my mind. Some of you guys know I have another sister. I'm the baby of my family. My older sister, not the engaged one, decided to become a youth leader at the youth group that I do praise and worship at. I really don't know how I feel about it, because the youth group was MY thing. It just seems to always happen. I find something or someplace and one of my sisters decide, "Hey, I want to do that, too!" And it's just...I don't know. Sometimes you need those few hours around people besides your family. Sometimes you want to be unique in something that you do. And it just seems like I can never truly find it. Maybe that's another reason why I should go to Minnesota...so I can figure things out while getting my degree. I love my family, I do. But I just really need that separation. That thing that makes me different from my sisters. I'm always getting how alike we act, how we all look alike, sound alike...how we all do this and all can do that. It's not, "Well, I do this, but she does that, and she does something else. Nothing we do is so-called better than or superior to the other. It's simply what makes us unique."

I dunno. Does it sound selfish? The youth group is in need of youth leaders...I was just hoping that I could just keep it a me-thing. When my oldest sister quit, I kind of felt relieved because it was, "Now it's something I just do, and I love it most of the time."
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Youngest of 6 here, been there. I know what it's like to have something that you do on your own. My thing now is teaching young kids. I think I might be tue only one in my family patient enougu to do that. :)
 
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Lil, I don't think it's selfish to want to do things on your own. I'm the eldest of three boys and because we did a lot of things together, people seemed to assume that we were all similar (we're not) and that we enjoyed all the same things (we don't). My two younger brothers get along very well, they're almost telepathic in how well they relate. In some ways, I've often felt like the outsider in my family - mostly different interests and understandings, character etc. Some people often mistake me for my brothers in the sense that they assume I'm good at IT because my brothers are (and my dad is). Also, I would sometimes choose not to go to Christian camps or whatever if my brothers were going because I love to have my own space and be my own person. Don't get me wrong, I love my brothers, but it's important to do some things apart from them. That's my understanding anyway.
 
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[video=youtube;H7mr-wy2ONU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7mr-wy2ONU[/video]
 
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Thinking about doing something good and meaningful. But I know I'll end up talking myself out of it, cus it might succeed and it might fail. Or I might be get criticism. I'm a little chicken.
 
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:confused:Ahmmm... I think of sharing the message this afternoon to Faithful Women and Senior Women about "The Woman Caught In Adultery." John 8:1-11 instead of "Draw Near to Jesus" Hebrews 10:22. Most likely the former is relatable to a woman. Aha, i think so. :)
 
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I'm the proud owner of a Bonsai tree. Childhood dream fulfilled :)
 
lil_christian

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*Put her hand beside her neck* I've had it up to HERE with the chatroom crashing.
 
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arwen-undomiel

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Tintin said:
That is the epitome of awesome! I hope there are hobbit-style homes on the New Heaven and the New Earth!
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Oh yeah, I am pretty sure New Earth will look like this: (unless I can find this in New Zealand already)
 

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