Dying parent & family strife
Q: I am a teen and my mom is dying. There were arguments over the holidays it seems a lot of bitterness and busybody gossips. One of them was saying my mom is a leech and saying things making her look bad. And some went on social media and were basically blasting about it. I am so upset at how they are treating her. A: I am sorry to hear there is not peace in the home and during the holidays. It would be nice if it consistently was and people were decent, but (on the other hand) then we wouldnt long for Heaven and everything to be made new if we were content here. We are in a sin stained world and even those who do things like what your relatives are doing, the Christians among you (including yourself) need to be full of love, grace, forgiveness, but the unsaved ones will be slanderers, bitter, resentful etc and not respond as believers do, even if they have morals and values in a society founded on Christianity. Their nature doesnt allow for it. We are all stuck in this fallen world...