Originally Posted by hippiechick

Alffe, I'm sorry that I sounded so crass last night; I didn't mean "just" a "test" - I meant that sometimes God tests our faith in different ways. I really do understand - I had just come from church when I saw your post. I had dealt with a lot of people last night and had received a lot of bad news about a very, very close friend and it was so unexpected. And yet someone else just seemed to throw it aside as if it were nothing. I know that I fail so, so often and I am so ashamed of that. I pray that I can be better and yet I'm afraid that I won't be because I'm all too human. I know that you are grieving and you are experiencing a huge loss of friendship and, not only that, it's an unjust loss as well. You've had to watch friends persecuted for their faith. I am sorry for that, I am sorry for your hurt feelings, and I am so very sorry that I hurt you, too. Maybe I should just go back to "lurking". I really didn't mean my comment the way it sounded last night. I'm so sorry.