CounselingChristians

Q: How to get over a toxic friend who deeply hurt me with what she said? We were wonderful, supportive friends for many years, but one day she said that my husband and I were not true Christians because we let our child listen to certain music. But at the same time it was ok for her adult children to gamble in a casino. Our teen boys are still great friends and see each other at events, church events, youth group. I always avoid running into her now. And yes, I have mentioned in a letter to her how I feel and that she hurt me. I just cant get over the friendship and I know it will never be the same as it used to be. How do I let her go? A: Watch this  Healing our Hurts  and know, maybe all is not lost.  The issue is Christian liberty. But also there's need for forgiveness and reconciliation. Neither of you can participate in the Lord's Supper with the church until it is resolved.  Heres some helps: We are united in Essentials. Thus as long as you both believe in the ...

Q: I am a teen. I have been stressed out about a situation and need godly advice. I had a huge friend group and in that group was a best friend [i’ve known since I was 7]. She and another girl in the group became close and she stopped talking to me. I wanted to know why she had been distancing herself from me [and she wouldn’t talk to me unless the girl I mentioned before joined us]. So we met at a coffee shop and I found out she had been distancing herself from me because they couldn’t see my “spiritual” involvement with the Lord and that she didn’t want to be around someone like that. They never told me what was wrong and never helped or attempted to help in so called areas I was lacking either. I am a very studious and decent kid.. the only bad thing I can think of I do is ever do is swear (but never taking the God's name in vain). I might sometimes laugh at an innapropriate joke. But I am only 17 and I will fail sometimes in my walk, but I get huge hits of conviction when I ...