People need to think before they speak

I was talking to a friend the other day, who was a victim of rape. She actually has her head on straight about it, & I’m very proud of her. But she said something to me that got me to thinking.

Maybe they don’t mean any harm, but people who speak up & state they “know how you feel”, but have never been there, aren’t doing anything but making themselves look like fools.

It happened many times to Chris & I, after we lost our son. People would tell us they knew how we felt, & that we needed to move on. That life goes on. How cruel they were, & never even knew it. And with some of those people, they knew, they just figured they knew best.

I’m fortunate that I don’t know how my friend feels, after being raped. I can only tell her that I’m sorry that she knows how it feels. The good thing is, I think the whole experience made her stronger. I know she has a good head on her shoulders, & it appears that she looks at it in the proper way.

According to our preacher at church, we were born into a broken world, which is why bad things happen. But there are also unanswerable questions everywhere. I’m looking forward to the answers, when I leave this world. I would like to know now, but that’s not happening.

So before you say, I know how you feel, please make sure you really do. That means a great deal.

God rules, always!