sharing the world

Dorothy: How do you share the world?

Joyce: By loving one another.

Dorothy: That's so hard!

Joyce: :)

It is.

Dorothy: How do you love people when they're not loveable?

Joyce: You pretend to first.

And then eventually, it becomes easier.

And you pray!

And remember that God loves them.

Dorothy: Hm...

Do you think we could do without the initial pretending?

Or is it a necessary first step

Joyce: Hm.

Perhaps pretend is a bad word..

Mm, I think it's necessary. Because if you don't, you won't take any initiative towards. I guess when I say pretend, I mean that you act as though you love them, even though it's really difficult.

When I was in highschool, Dennis told me to be friends with Priscilla Lee, even though I wasn't really drawn to her.

But I tried to reach out to her anyway, even though I probably wouldn't have done it on my own volition.

And now, I adore her.

I guess that's a dumbed down example. :)

Dorothy: It's a good one

You're living proof that it works

We can't be friends with everyone, right? How do we go about choosing

Or do we need to in the first place

Maybe they'll fall into our arms

Joyce: That is a difficult one..

I guess the copout answer would be whoever God puts a burden in your heart for

But then there are those that you won't have a burden at all for! And yet He calls us to.

HMMM.

But sometimes, they really do just fall into our arms..

Dorothy: Like Priscilla!

Kinda

Joyce: Hahah.

Yes. :)

Kind of.

She is definitely my responsibility.

Dorothy: She fell because Dennis pushed her, or you

Or both

Joyce: Me towards her.

She's an innocent bystander haha.

Dorothy: Oh, so you fell into her arms!

Haha

Joyce: Hahah.

Something like that. =p

I'm thankful for it.

Dennis says that friendships are a way of sharing the world, and it's true.

I'm glad that my friendship with him pushed me towards Priscilla.

That's the way all of our friendships should be.

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I really like reciting the Apostle's Creed. There's something about confessing your faith that empowers you to really believe it.



I think it should be a rule for all Christians to recite it every Sunday morning.