Last week I made a difficult but needed decision to block a family member from Facebook. I understand their mother has done the same as it is so difficult to see many of the things they have posted.
“Why don’t you just not read what they post?” some might ask. Well and I can indeed do that, but that is not entirely what I am striving to avoid.
I have a desire to share my testimony online, and while there is opposition in all things, what was happening with them was more than opposition. And I don’t want that included on my posts.
I had a friend make some comments on a post, and I was able to respectfully accept his difference of belief, mostly as he was respectful of mine, whereas my family member was far from that.
“Well, just don’t reply to his comments.” That would work if this person wasn’t taunting me because I was silent, by proclaiming that he loved it when people are silenced when faced with the truth, and he kept trying to fight. He was speaking vulgar and in complete false to what the church believes.
Now this decision was brought to mind with today’s lesson in Relief Society/Priesthood from the conference talk by Elder Jorg Klebingat titled Valient Discipleship in the Latter Days.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/04/53klebingat?lang=eng
My husband and I discussed the lesson and the recent decision, and while we love this family member, we cannot allow him to have any negative effect on anyone who reads my posts.
I have several family members who don’t believe the same as I do, yet they are respectful enough to never speak to me in the way this young man has done.
I am far from perfect and do not put myself on any pedestal, I just want to share what I know with any who would listen and want to do so without fighting.
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