Comments on: Conflict http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/conflict/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:53:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lori http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/conflict/#comment-277 Lori Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:31:55 +0000 http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/?p=222#comment-277 I have been a reader of both your dad's and mom's blogs and have come to love and respect them both. From the time I started reading their blogs, I have been praying for them and your family and you. I am not morman, nor do I know much about this religion. So, I can't really say a whole lot in regards to that. But, I do know God and Jesus in a personal way. I love him with all heart, mind and soul, yet I do not attend a church. And I know that he loves me. I know the pain that I went through in my journey to get to where I am at now. I am sorry for the pain that you and your family are going through. I can only imagine what it has been like for you. And all I can say is that I am sorry. I hope that you can find some answers but most of all I pray that you will find peace in the midst of this storm. I have read your blog here and read what your parents have shared about you and have come to see what an incredible young woman you are. You have a beautiful heart and you are wise beyond your years. I know that the experiences of your life will not be wasted. There is a purpose for all these things, even if you don't see it's purpose at this moment. You will do great things in your life Amelia. I comment here because I feel this need to remind you that God's love and grace for you and your family is bigger than any mountain. Please know that you are in my prayers...I pray for a peace that surpasses all understanding. I pray that in this quest for answers that you will hold tightly to what you already know to be truth. Hold on to those that love and believe in you. Bless you Amelia. Lori I have been a reader of both your dad’s and mom’s blogs and have come to love and respect them both. From the time I started reading their blogs, I have been praying for them and your family and you. I am not morman, nor do I know much about this religion. So, I can’t really say a whole lot in regards to that. But, I do know God and Jesus in a personal way. I love him with all heart, mind and soul, yet I do not attend a church. And I know that he loves me. I know the pain that I went through in my journey to get to where I am at now.

I am sorry for the pain that you and your family are going through. I can only imagine what it has been like for you. And all I can say is that I am sorry. I hope that you can find some answers but most of all I pray that you will find peace in the midst of this storm.

I have read your blog here and read what your parents have shared about you and have come to see what an incredible young woman you are. You have a beautiful heart and you are wise beyond your years. I know that the experiences of your life will not be wasted. There is a purpose for all these things, even if you don’t see it’s purpose at this moment. You will do great things in your life Amelia.

I comment here because I feel this need to remind you that God’s love and grace for you and your family is bigger than any mountain. Please know that you are in my prayers…I pray for a peace that surpasses all understanding. I pray that in this quest for answers that you will hold tightly to what you already know to be truth. Hold on to those that love and believe in you. Bless you Amelia. Lori

]]> By: Lori http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/conflict/#comment-276 Lori Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:26:47 +0000 http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/?p=222#comment-276 I love you Amelia. The peace can come from unconditional love. Sides do not have to be taken to love or to feel love. You are loved. Aunt Lori I love you Amelia.

The peace can come from unconditional love. Sides do not have to be taken to love or to feel love.

You are loved.

Aunt Lori

]]> By: Katrine http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/conflict/#comment-275 Katrine Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:20:12 +0000 http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/?p=222#comment-275 I haven't written my thoughts because I felt you would instantly dismiss my thoughts coming from an LDS member. Amelia, I love you. I will always love you. I love my brother. There is no judgment here. I ache and I cry seeing the two of you facing such ugliness. I read how bitter you are about religion and God and this makes me sad. Perhaps you don't always need to find God in religion. I believe in a God who loves you. Of course he does, you rock! I want you to know a God who will calm your troubled heart. I haven’t written my thoughts because I felt you would instantly dismiss my thoughts coming from an LDS member. Amelia, I love you. I will always love you. I love my brother. There is no judgment here. I ache and I cry seeing the two of you facing such ugliness. I read how bitter you are about religion and God and this makes me sad. Perhaps you don’t always need to find God in religion. I believe in a God who loves you. Of course he does, you rock! I want you to know a God who will calm your troubled heart.

]]> By: Mom http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/conflict/#comment-274 Mom Sat, 08 Nov 2008 18:54:59 +0000 http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/?p=222#comment-274 Amelia, So much of this sounds exactly like what I have been doing most of my adult life. You have to figure this out for yourself and come up with a way to find peace in your daily existence. For me it was to turn off the sound of the stuff I didn't want to hear. You will always have the chance to turn the volume back up to revisit issues you don't understand but you don't need to listen to all of it all the time. Because we are all people and we are all different, we can't possibly reconcile everything within our minds and hearts. Some things we just accept and then we put down our armor and our daggers. Mom Amelia,

So much of this sounds exactly like what I have been doing most of my adult life. You have to figure this out for yourself and come up with a way to find peace in your daily existence. For me it was to turn off the sound of the stuff I didn’t want to hear. You will always have the chance to turn the volume back up to revisit issues you don’t understand but you don’t need to listen to all of it all the time. Because we are all people and we are all different, we can’t possibly reconcile everything within our minds and hearts. Some things we just accept and then we put down our armor and our daggers.

Mom

]]> By: Jane in PA http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/conflict/#comment-273 Jane in PA Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:53:02 +0000 http://ameliahope.wordpress.com/?p=222#comment-273 I was raised Catholic so my background is different but there are some similarities. I still attend church on a pretty regular basis and I know what you mean about the comfort that can be found there- even when you feel at odds with the religion's belief system. This won't answer all your questions but... At the end of the day, I think it comes down to this: I don't believe in a God that is vengeful. And I don't think God wants us to be vengeful. God just wants to know that we are trying to be decent people who do not go around with a mean spirit in our hearts. That probably sounds overly simplistic, right? And I know it doesn't resolve all of your internal struggles. I don't think I am in a position to judge everyone else when I've got enough of my own "sin" to deal with. So if I know that I am trying to send out love and I know that I am not living from a place of hate, then I am doing okay. I have read your blog and your Dad's blog often--and it seems like your family is an amazing one! I was raised Catholic so my background is different but there are some similarities. I still attend church on a pretty regular basis and I know what you mean about the comfort that can be found there- even when you feel at odds with the religion’s belief system. This won’t answer all your questions but…
At the end of the day, I think it comes down to this: I don’t believe in a God that is vengeful. And I don’t think God wants us to be vengeful. God just wants to know that we are trying to be decent people who do not go around with a mean spirit in our hearts. That probably sounds overly simplistic, right? And I know it doesn’t resolve all of your internal struggles. I don’t think I am in a position to judge everyone else when I’ve got enough of my own “sin” to deal with. So if I know that I am trying to send out love and I know that I am not living from a place of hate, then I am doing okay.
I have read your blog and your Dad’s blog often–and it seems like your family is an amazing one!

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