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Stuart says
Interesting!
My question back at you is “as christians should we?”
John Saddington says
haha. yes!
John Saddington says
i’m being silly… but, i think that sometimes there are some people that we just need to “strategically” block. eh.
Stuart says
John – apologies, I was trying to reply in a similar vein. My dry, droll UK sense of humour doesn’t always translate.
Put it this way – you see a post / comemnt from me then presume it is done in good humour unless clearly not.
John Saddington says
dude… the UK thing just cleared EVERYTHING up.
i will now never take you seriously.
😉
Stuart says
Oh man – that just stuffed me then 😉
And yes it’s late here but I’ll be up for another 5hrs yet!
Nick Shoemaker says
Is “stuffed” similar to pwnd? Or more like “laughed really hard”? (Yank translation plz) 😉
Stuart says
erm, more like ‘screwed’ then I guess – not sure how to translate it in any terms that aren’t cruder than that!
I guess pwnd might just fit the bill.
2hrs to go!
Lori says
I really think I need this bumper sticker =)
Stuart says
Now there’s an idea ….
Nick Shoemaker says
w00t!
Nick Shoemaker says
“Talk to the hand.”
[on iPhone, push] “ignore”
Stop using Gowalla, Foursquare, etc. and the geo-location feature on Twitter. (takes the stalker ratio down real quick)
Jump off “teh grid” all togehter: “Come with me if you want to live.”
Invest in some really good running shoes.
Tell the truth. (Nah- that would be too easy.)
Greg Simmons says
Easy..just say no. Every time. 🙂
Don’t create false relationships with those people (i.e. Twitter, FB, LinkedIn, etc)
B/c there ARE people in our lives that attempt to drain us of everything useful. You can interact when necessary, but do not surround yourself with those.
It also required a mental block to prevent dwell mode.
Graham says
Dude… agreed.
Kenny Jahng says
Great question!
Two Scripture references come to mind for this one:
http://wordof.gd/Matthew5:37 – Sometimes you just need the guts to say “no” to some relationships — even if you have to explicitly say it out loud… Sorry, but for where I am in my life right now, I don’t have much room for negativity (or insert your displeasure word here_____________) in my life. For some reason, whenever I interact with you, this keeps springing up, so for now, I don’t think we should invest too much into our relationship as-is. I’ll let you know when I have the ability to connect again. I am confident though that it will be better for me *and* for you in the long run. I’m sure it.
and
http://wordof.gd/Proverbs22:10 – The simple answer to your question is right here in the Bible, so I’m sticking with it!
Kenny
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Graham says
Interesting question. I’ve got an acquaintance who recently came back into my life. I used to be very close friends with this person but they have done some things that I do not approve of. Things I am unable to overlook. I do not want to associate myself with this person anymore but it looks like they will be around my church again I’m going to have some trouble avoiding this person. I will be able to say no to invitations from them and will do my best to not hang out with them outside of events related to my position in the church when I am unable to avoid them. But it’s weird.
“Blocking” someone completely in your life is hard sometimes. Just because circumstances keep them in your life.
Stuart says
Just a thought… is their being back ‘in your life’ (so to speak) somethingthat God wants you to deal with or fix or …?
I don’t know you so can’t say – but the above thought was the first and strong reaction I had to reading your comment.