A dear friend, who I let become an old friend, committed suicide the other night.
We were close friends who were each other's confidant when we worked together, and I was going to college. We had a tight-knit group of friends, from work, who hung out together for years. She moved in with my best friend, and I moved a couple hours away after I graduated. She told me she was very upset about that.
She was with me the many months when I "rededicated' my life to christ. Basically, that's what we call it when someone who grew up in the church gets the awesome coincidences, many inspiring emotions and become a disciple of christ when they're an adult. I lived The Way with her every day. But I really can't remember if I ever specifically asked her to believe in christ.
I just remember, when the subject of church came up, she told me what her experience with church members was when she looked me in the eyes and said, "They're all a bunch of hypocrites, don't you think?" I don't remember what I replied exactly. I just know I took in her experience first. I think I said, "Every regular human is a hypocrite."
After I moved away, we talked on the phone for a while, but then I stopped, or we stopped, for about 20 years. She called and left a voice mail about two years ago. I never called her back.
We were close friends who were each other's confidant when we worked together, and I was going to college. We had a tight-knit group of friends, from work, who hung out together for years. She moved in with my best friend, and I moved a couple hours away after I graduated. She told me she was very upset about that.
She was with me the many months when I "rededicated' my life to christ. Basically, that's what we call it when someone who grew up in the church gets the awesome coincidences, many inspiring emotions and become a disciple of christ when they're an adult. I lived The Way with her every day. But I really can't remember if I ever specifically asked her to believe in christ.
I just remember, when the subject of church came up, she told me what her experience with church members was when she looked me in the eyes and said, "They're all a bunch of hypocrites, don't you think?" I don't remember what I replied exactly. I just know I took in her experience first. I think I said, "Every regular human is a hypocrite."
After I moved away, we talked on the phone for a while, but then I stopped, or we stopped, for about 20 years. She called and left a voice mail about two years ago. I never called her back.
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