Originally posted by RCLefty
Well, come on, LNF, we want to know how it's going. Any updates?
Nope, no updates yet. Her vacation from school is over and she's back in her Christian College. I'm waiting for her to call me, because last time I tried calling her when she was in school, she would give me a call back about once a month. I'm starting to think that maybe I don't have to worry about trying to revert her back to sanity. After reading various posts of advice here, I think that this faith of hers is the only thing that justifies her obsessive nature, in her eyes. Also, I'm starting to realize that she is not the person with whom I became friends with 7 years ago. She's broken off an engagement with a great guy because he wasn't "saved." Based on just that factor, I highly doubt that she would give up her fanatical worshiping just because a friend tries to explain to her that it's irrational. I can't help but feel a bit bitter because of the amount of time we've known each other, but I guess a friendship is not too different from a relationship in which you meet one person, and after a while they become someone else, and it's the death of that relationship. I wonder though, if this is just a phase in her life, which will pass one day, just like her eating disorder. I don't know if it will ever be possible for her to stop replacing one form of obsessive behavior with another. Even if she will ever realize that she doesn't have to be a fanatic to be spiritual, I don't know if she will go back to being the friend I knew years ago, or if this is one of those "life-altering" experiences after which she will never be the same. I don't know... I'm getting upset thinking about this. I wish her nothing but the best, but by the looks of it, it's highly unlikely that we will ever have the bond that we once had. The next time she gives me a call, I won't go into a whole spiritual battle with her, I'll just tell her in more or less words what I just said. I know that she won't accept it, but hopefully she will understand.
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