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Olerica said:
Which movie, MissCris?
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We watched 'Do You Believe?'. I can't give an eloquent review like Tintin could, but this movie was done by the same group that made God's Not Dead. I don't know if you've watched either one? Anyway, this movie...I don't know if it was done well or not, I was too caught up in the story to notice. Ahhh I don't want to say too much and ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it, so I'll just say that most Christians can probably identify with one or more of the characters. I could, and that's what got me started crying, and then I just couldn't stop. It was hard to watch for that reason, but worth it, because in the end, it's not about the characters or their stories or me or the people that made the movie, it's about God, and that He loves us so much that He gave His son...it's about truly realizing, and accepting, what that sacrifice was, and that it was for US.

I gotta stop there, because...emotions before coffee...can't handle it.
 
I so wanted to watch that movie... but for some crazy reason it only came out in the movies here in Portuguese... I really hate when they dub movies... many people like it, but I don't... I need the real voices of the actors... If the movie is done in English, I wanna hear it in English, if it was done in Mandarin, I wanna watch it in Mandarin... no messing with the voices of the actors...

Oh well... gonna have to wait until it comes out on bluray...
 
MissCris said:
We watched 'Do You Believe?'. I can't give an eloquent review like Tintin could, but this movie was done by the same group that made God's Not Dead. I don't know if you've watched either one? Anyway, this movie...I don't know if it was done well or not, I was too caught up in the story to notice. Ahhh I don't want to say too much and ruin it for anyone who hasn't seen it, so I'll just say that most Christians can probably identify with one or more of the characters. I could, and that's what got me started crying, and then I just couldn't stop. It was hard to watch for that reason, but worth it, because in the end, it's not about the characters or their stories or me or the people that made the movie, it's about God, and that He loves us so much that He gave His son...it's about truly realizing, and accepting, what that sacrifice was, and that it was for US.

I gotta stop there, because...emotions before coffee...can't handle it.
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I heard about this movie but I dont know when will be in theaters here in Brazil
My favorite gospel movie is "End of the spear" about four american missionaries killed in a tribe here in South America

Do you know? Excelent movie
 
Abruno said:
I heard about this movie but I dont know when will be in theaters here in Brazil
My favorite gospel movie is "End of the spear" about four american missionaries killed in a tribe here in South America

Do you know? Excelent movie
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It's alredy on theaters, Bruno... I guess it came out last week... ;)
 
MollyConnor said:
When you're made fun of for being weird or different all your life, you can get easily hurt when others do it too.
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It all depends on how you take it... :) As I've said in other posts, people made fun of me for being different... but I kinda took it as a compliment... hehehehe So it never really bothered me... :)

I guess when you are comfortable with who you are and you love who you are, what other people say about you become meaningless...

It only hurts me when people I love say something bad about me... however when it's people who are not my friends?? I could not care less... :D
 
MollyConnor said:
When you're made fun of for being weird or different all your life, you can get easily hurt when others do it too.
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Molly, you're a sweetheart. I've been really enjoying reading your posts since you came back and seeing you open up a little more and make an effort to interact with us. You are a bright, lovely young woman. <--- Please remember that this is my opinion of you and that what I say next, I say out of love and experience...

I'm weird. I'm silly, and kind of incompetent in a lot of areas, and I'm clumsy and awkward and I've never been like the thin, pretty girls I felt surrounded by in school. People made fun of me, called me names, ignored me, all of that. And man, sometimes it hurt so bad that I would be crying as I walked home from school, and I would pretend to be sick the next day so I wouldn't have to see those people again.

It's different, now that I'm older...and it gets easier the older I get. People still make fun of me- sometimes it's my own family. And sometimes my feelings still get hurt. But I'm also realizing that some of the people who make fun of me...they aren't intending to hurt me, they don't know if they're hitting a sore spot, and it's MY choice to get offended...or not. It's MY choice to let it hurt me or not. I'm ok with being different, and I'm even ok with people poking fun at me.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, not everyone who "picks" on us is being malicious, and we save ourselves a lot of unnecessary pain by choosing not to take so much so personally.

Also, Maxwel is one of our resident goofballs...he wasn't being mean, or even serious. Most of the time in this forum, if someone teases you, it's just a way of interacting with you...it means people notice you. It's not a bad thing :)

...I don't know if any of that was helpful, but it was supposed to be :p
 
CarolSampaio said:
It all depends on how you take it... :) As I've said in other posts, people made fun of me for being different... but I kinda took it as a compliment... hehehehe So it never really bothered me... :)

I guess when you are comfortable with who you are and you love who you are, what other people say about you become meaningless...

It only hurts me when people I love say something bad about me... however when it's people who are not my friends?? I could not care less... :D
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That's true, but I'm not that strong lol. I have a lot of confidence and self-esteem issues.
 
MissCris said:
Molly, you're a sweetheart. I've been really enjoying reading your posts since you came back and seeing you open up a little more and make an effort to interact with us. You are a bright, lovely young woman. <--- Please remember that this is my opinion of you and that what I say next, I say out of love and experience...

I'm weird. I'm silly, and kind of incompetent in a lot of areas, and I'm clumsy and awkward and I've never been like the thin, pretty girls I felt surrounded by in school. People made fun of me, called me names, ignored me, all of that. And man, sometimes it hurt so bad that I would be crying as I walked home from school, and I would pretend to be sick the next day so I wouldn't have to see those people again.

It's different, now that I'm older...and it gets easier the older I get. People still make fun of me- sometimes it's my own family. And sometimes my feelings still get hurt. But I'm also realizing that some of the people who make fun of me...they aren't intending to hurt me, they don't know if they're hitting a sore spot, and it's MY choice to get offended...or not. It's MY choice to let it hurt me or not. I'm ok with being different, and I'm even ok with people poking fun at me.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, not everyone who "picks" on us is being malicious, and we save ourselves a lot of unnecessary pain by choosing not to take so much so personally.

Also, Maxwel is one of our resident goofballs...he wasn't being mean, or even serious. Most of the time in this forum, if someone teases you, it's just a way of interacting with you...it means people notice you. It's not a bad thing :)

...I don't know if any of that was helpful, but it was supposed to be :p
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Thank you MissCris, I really appreciate that! :)
I guess I need to lighten up...I just always assume that when someone pokes fun at me they're being rude or mean purposefully and I get defensive. But you're right it does cause me pain to think like this. I'm going to try and stop.
 
MollyConnor said:
That's true, but I'm not that strong lol. I have a lot of confidence and self-esteem issues.
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Yeah... it's hard... :( But you can do it... :)

It was not always easy for me... I've been through a lot of therapy to reach a good point... :)

But as I said, when it comes from people you love, it hurts most...

To give a simple example... If you see me on a regular day, I look like a Christmas tree... huahuahuahuahua Rings on all fingers, necklaces, big earrings, bracelets, piercings... all silver!!! My brother in law jokes that when it storms I will for sure attract lighting... but it's a light hearted joke, so I don't mind... :) When my then boyfriend criticized that and asked me to change that about me... it shook me... hard... cause it was not about the accessories... it was him not liking my personality, the way I expressed myself...

But that's the moment you have to ask yourself who you need to love and respect more!! :) Just look at you in the mirror, think about you, and love what you see, what you are!! :) It's hard, but when it happens, it is awesome!! :)
 
MollyConnor said:
When you're made fun of for being weird or different all your life, you can get easily hurt when others do it too.
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Molly,
Please accept my apology if I offended you.
That wasn't my intention.

God has made each of us indescribably unique, and original, for very specific purposes. We're like all of the different tools in a carpenter's box; we each have a special design and special purposes.

At CC we don't ridicule each other's weirdness...
we celebrate it.


God Bless,
Max
 
It's taken me four hours to get this far on my meal planning/grocery shopping project...

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It might help if I stop playing cops and robbers, and actually focus.
 
Thinking about what I can do this weekend... feeling in need of friendship and fellowship upclose and personal... :)

Ok... initiating protocol "needy friend" in 3 . 2 . 1 .... and sending messages to everybody!! :D

There!! Let's see if it works!! :)
 
maxwel said:
Molly,
Please accept my apology if I offended you.
That wasn't my intention.

God has made each of us indescribably unique, and original, for very specific purposes. We're like all of the different tools in a carpenter's box; we each have a special design and special purposes.

At CC we don't ridicule each other's weirdness...
we celebrate it.


God Bless,
Max
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Thank you, Max. I appreciate it. I apologize too for being overly sensitive. I didn't realize you were joking. :)
 
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