[Faith-talk] Not necessary

[Christine Olivares]

Hi all,
I am in a group on FB called Blind PenPals. I’m sure some here have heard of it. A lot of times, the moderators will say they removed someone  from the group because of whatever happened. I don’t think everyone realized all messages were public. So when Linda sent the messages, we all knew about them and no one realized it. Jenny never made them public, as we all got Linda’s reprimands to Jenny. I know it is so hard sometimes to determine whether you send a private or public message. It can get very confusing and what is meant for private ears goes out to the whole list.

I honestly think Linda was trying to tell us what happened, thinking we didn’t know because some of it was meant to be private when it wasn’t I think. I also know I have trouble sounding mean when I’m not really like that. I write messages, and it is hard for me to use tact because I just say it like it is and don’t realize how people get hurt. I’m getting better with that, but I see the same thing with Linda where she just likes to say things a little too honestly. I really don’t think she was being malicious, just trying to help us understand.

I do agree that praying before sending messages, reading them back, etc. is helpful. I forget to do this too. God bless,

Christine
> On Jul 1, 2017, at 1:00 AM, Ericka via Faith-Talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> You're right Debbie. Jenni does have mental health issues but he also has coordination issues as well which makes editing on an iPhone hard. Or should I say harder because I hate editing on the iPhone as well. She has no access to updated technology and the part department of locational rehab will not help her because of medical issues. So she is stuck with whatever Social Security disability income she has to survive. Hopefully with connecting to people in this new welcome and Catholic Church they may have some financial assistance through the diocese or someone at Catholic charities can help. She just told me today that her Sarah device cannot be updated it's so old. She doesn't even have a braillewriter. 
> 
> I personally do not think the word crap is offensive and I do not believe it has any connection to Christ at all. I would really like to see some reference to where that connection is. 
> 
> Thank you Debbie, on Jenny's behalf. 
> 
> Everyone please Pray for her. She's feeling very lonely and hurt. Many times she's explained her physical problems about editing and nobody or very few seem to catch on. If I was told a bunch of that stuff over and over I probably would leave to especially a faith based list.  
> 
> Sorry Linda I had to say it.  I know you work and your volunteer your time to do this as well. I also know that you don't mean to hurt people. But I agree with Debbie that not only pray before you ride but reading it back to yourself before you send it off might be a good idea. I'm not excusing some of the things that Jenni said and yes she could take time to edit things. But if it takes you an hour to edit four paragraphs because you cannot afford any kind of keyboard, even a $25 Bluetooth keyboard then I can understand. And she's made that very clear how long it takes her to edit. I don't mean to be offensive or critical here, but hurtful words like this is what I heard from the church of Christ IF someone spoke to me at fellowship so I have a difficult time appreciating nondenominational congregations. 
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> Ericka Short
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