Posted by:
claire
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Date: January 06, 2016 12:15AM
My brother has been looking for work. He finally, after lots of hard work and effort on his part, got one he thinks is good!
I'm so happy for him!
My SIL said this: God is good! Testament of faith, trust, prayer, sacrifice, you name it, you did it! I'm so happy for you! I'm up for a celebration!
I said this: YAY YAY YAY!!! Yes, a real celebration is in order!
And [SIL] is right that it is a testament of faith and prayers, HOWEVER, I firmly believe that YOU, [brother], YOU, did this on your merits, skills, etc. You steer your own boat.
So, my SIL's daughter, whom I have met exactly twice, says this:
Alma 26:12 "Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever." God is good.
And then my SIL says this: We give ALL our glory to God. Without God, we are nothing.
To which I say: I'm sorry both of you missed my point and my encouragement and positive words to my brother.
RANT: grrrrrr!!! I am so pissed off right now. Don't quote "scripture" at me, as if I said something wrong to my brother, who has self image problems already due in part to the stupid, f-ing mormon cult.
The day I discovered that my own actions, my hard work, my efforts, are what caused me to have success in different areas of my life, not some "being" handing out arbitrary, random "blessings" that I had to beg and grovel forand didn't deserve was one of the most freeing, wonderful moments of my life. If I want to pass some of that feeling on to my very TBM brother, in hopes that maybe, just maybe, something might sink in, I will. And quoting that ridiculous work of fiction at me is not going to change my mind.