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...finally! LOL. Seriously. I was involuntarily electroshocked to the point that I had severe frontal lobe syndrome, aka Post-lobotomy syndrome. Apathy, lack of initiative and drive, no personality, cognitive impairment, memory loss, and loss of emotions..including anger.

My neighbors, they harass me. Pretty weird situation. Basically, I'm the town pariah and scapegoat, and Jesus has heard my prayers and healed me nicely. Good stuff. I'm also: ex-gay, ex-mental patient, ex-junky, formerly effeminate. This is the south. I'm not Mr.Popular, lol.

So, I was on my parents big front porch having a cigarette. The neighbors made some kinda comment, and I just snapped. Keep in mind: this has been going on for years. So, I did curse. Sorry. Allow me to edit what I said. "Here's f***in idea: keep your d**n mouths shut, rednecks!". yeah. I prayed about it already. I'm very sorry. I shouldn't have said those things, I shouldn't have yelled, and I should brush these things off. Keep in mind: I was a vegetable--varying degrees of apathy, laziness, sleeping too much, eating too much, emotionless, etc.--until fairly recently.

Help me with my frustration! Every day, I pray for those who despitefully used, use, and would use (given the opportunity) me. If I didn't have a good attorney right now (thank you, Jesus!), I'd be in a mental hospital, at best. Such is the nature of psychiatry (seriously: they're the same now as in the 1950s!).

Men have taken to threatening my masculinity. That makes me mad, because I'm only becoming masculine because of Jesus. I was only effeminate before because of circumstances beyond my control. Of course, you can't look to the world--particularly those who despise and oppress you--for compassion. Look to Jesus, look to Christians, look to The Word of God. I get that.

Ramble, ramble, ramble...please pray :-)
 
for current and future use: (reading Wuest's word studies was VERY HELPFUL)
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Kenneth Wuest's expanded translation is helpful here, and affirms what others have said.

"Be constantly angry with a righteous indignation, and stop sinning. Do not allow the sun to go down upon your irritated, exasperated, embittered anger."
 
i.e. getting or being angry is not itself necessarily sin. but can result in sin. so, ... ... ... cry out for God - as HE is constantly angry with a righteous indignation also, and HE KNOWS what to do....
He is
holding back HIS true and righteous vengeance (against unrepentant men) until the time HE appointed .
 
Christ_empowered said:
...finally! LOL. Seriously. I was involuntarily electroshocked to the point that I had severe frontal lobe syndrome, aka Post-lobotomy syndrome. Apathy, lack of initiative and drive, no personality, cognitive impairment, memory loss, and loss of emotions..including anger.

My neighbors, they harass me. Pretty weird situation. Basically, I'm the town pariah and scapegoat, and Jesus has heard my prayers and healed me nicely. Good stuff. I'm also: ex-gay, ex-mental patient, ex-junky, formerly effeminate. This is the south. I'm not Mr.Popular, lol.

So, I was on my parents big front porch having a cigarette. The neighbors made some kinda comment, and I just snapped. Keep in mind: this has been going on for years. So, I did curse. Sorry. Allow me to edit what I said. "Here's f***in idea: keep your d**n mouths shut, rednecks!". yeah. I prayed about it already. I'm very sorry. I shouldn't have said those things, I shouldn't have yelled, and I should brush these things off. Keep in mind: I was a vegetable--varying degrees of apathy, laziness, sleeping too much, eating too much, emotionless, etc.--until fairly recently.

Help me with my frustration! Every day, I pray for those who despitefully used, use, and would use (given the opportunity) me. If I didn't have a good attorney right now (thank you, Jesus!), I'd be in a mental hospital, at best. Such is the nature of psychiatry (seriously: they're the same now as in the 1950s!).

Men have taken to threatening my masculinity. That makes me mad, because I'm only becoming masculine because of Jesus. I was only effeminate before because of circumstances beyond my control. Of course, you can't look to the world--particularly those who despise and oppress you--for compassion. Look to Jesus, look to Christians, look to The Word of God. I get that.

Ramble, ramble, ramble...please pray :)
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You need to get into the habit of smiling.

When someone verbally assaults you, your first reaction should be to smile at them. Then thank them for their kind words just before you turn your back to them and walk away. The more you do this, the more you will notice the sting of their words becoming less and less hurtful until eventually you won't notice them at all.

By turning your back on a loudmouth, you're taking something away from them. Your attention. Without your attention their insults become meaningless and they become frustrated. Their aim is to rattle your cage and when their efforts are thwarted by your lack of interest, it is their cage that gets rattled instead. Ignore them enough times and they will eventually shut up.
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Might want to start by apologizing to them, the devil will use people to speak through every chance he gets and the person its being done to is none the wiser.. aren't red necks the ones that have curtains in their trucks but not in their house?

tob
 
Gary said:
You need to get into the habit of smiling.

When someone verbally assaults you, your first reaction should be to smile at them. Then thank them for their kind words just before you turn your back to them and walk away. The more you do this, the more you will notice the sting of their words becoming less and less hurtful until eventually you won't notice them at all.

By turning your back on a loudmouth, you're taking something away from them. Your attention. Without your attention their insults become meaningless and they become frustrated. Their aim is to rattle your cage and when their efforts are thwarted by your lack of interest, it is their cage that gets rattled instead. Ignore them enough times and they will eventually shut up.
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Jesus makes it crystal clear that there is only one thing that is needed;

And Jesus[a] answered and said to her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. 42 But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” Luke 10:41-42 NKJV

5 Thus says the Lord:

“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes flesh his strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,
And shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
In a salt land which is not inhabited.

7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear[b] when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit. Jeremiah 17:5-8 NKJV
 
iLOVE said:
5 Thus says the Lord:

“Cursed is the man who trusts in man
And makes flesh his strength,
Whose heart departs from the Lord.
6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert,
And shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
In a salt land which is not inhabited.

7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord,
And whose hope is the Lord.
8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters,
Which spreads out its roots by the river,
And will not fear[b] when heat comes;
But its leaf will be green,
And will not be anxious in the year of drought,
Nor will cease from yielding fruit. Jeremiah 17:5-8 NKJV
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How is this related to what I posted?

Just curious.
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Smiling is a great start, Christ_empowered, as is apologizing to your neighbors for your outburst.

From now on, when you hear negative comments directed at you, say a prayer of thanksgiving for the love & life our Lord has given you, and then laugh at the silly comments that have been uttered. Average people do NOT like to be laughed at. After a while, when they finally learn they cannot get under your skin, they will eventually quit trying to torment you. And when you laugh, it should be with the understanding that they are being silly in their behavior. They are being jolly jokers - even if they do not quite realize it at the time.

Our Lord has blessed and accepted you with open arms. You belong to Him. Therefore, you are a young ambassador for our Lord on this earth. Smile, pray, laugh ... and let our Lord continue to guide your steps!
 
iLOVE said:
Because if it is not the will of God and if he uses his self-effort (the flesh) it is cursed.
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If you were under constant verbal attacks, what would your reaction be?

Just curious.
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God ways are not our ways! We are called to be more than conquerors through him who loved us - Romans 8:37 NIV. For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires - Hebrews 4:12 NLT

We are commanded to occupy the earth until Jesus returns.
 
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Christ_empowered said:
...finally! LOL. Seriously. I was involuntarily electroshocked to the point that I had severe frontal lobe syndrome, aka Post-lobotomy syndrome. Apathy, lack of initiative and drive, no personality, cognitive impairment, memory loss, and loss of emotions..including anger.

My neighbors, they harass me. Pretty weird situation. Basically, I'm the town pariah and scapegoat, and Jesus has heard my prayers and healed me nicely. Good stuff. I'm also: ex-gay, ex-mental patient, ex-junky, formerly effeminate. This is the south. I'm not Mr.Popular, lol.

So, I was on my parents big front porch having a cigarette. The neighbors made some kinda comment, and I just snapped. Keep in mind: this has been going on for years. So, I did curse. Sorry. Allow me to edit what I said. "Here's f***in idea: keep your d**n mouths shut, rednecks!". yeah. I prayed about it already. I'm very sorry. I shouldn't have said those things, I shouldn't have yelled, and I should brush these things off. Keep in mind: I was a vegetable--varying degrees of apathy, laziness, sleeping too much, eating too much, emotionless, etc.--until fairly recently.

Help me with my frustration! Every day, I pray for those who despitefully used, use, and would use (given the opportunity) me. If I didn't have a good attorney right now (thank you, Jesus!), I'd be in a mental hospital, at best. Such is the nature of psychiatry (seriously: they're the same now as in the 1950s!).

Men have taken to threatening my masculinity. That makes me mad, because I'm only becoming masculine because of Jesus. I was only effeminate before because of circumstances beyond my control. Of course, you can't look to the world--particularly those who despise and oppress you--for compassion. Look to Jesus, look to Christians, look to The Word of God. I get that.

Ramble, ramble, ramble...please pray :-)
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Ok friend, I had a scripture lined up but I had to double check it in another translation. It ended up saying something diffrent so I am going to have to scrap it (The verse was titus 3:10) Niv and kjv say two diffrent things.

So here is my advice on such people.

The more glorious a doormat you are the less likely people will want to wipe their feet on you.
 
who was more glorious than Yeshua ? and what did they do to Him ?
 
OP- You've been through a lot and are going through some things even now. If you're not in a church, I suggest you get into one. Also, make a habit of reading the bible everyday. The more you can read the better. Oh yeah and stop smoking its bad for you.
 
kiwidan said:
So, did they get a shock when you stood up for yourself and told them to get lost?
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They just kept messing, but at a lower volume. Thing is...I used to be *so* ridiculously low on the totem pole. Part of the reason I had "mental illness," honestly. I mean, these presumably straight dudes next door say things like "if he were younger, we could pass him around," and "he's just a Christian and celibate because nobody wants a used up faggot." This as my masculinity is developing, btw. Fun times!
 
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