I would like to offer an apology

[Hannah]

The Lying Paraphrased Bibles

I had overreacted in this thread.

To Glen and Robert and others I'm sorry for my over-reaction.

As a migrant child I first started school knowing how to say & spell my name and ask to go to the toilet and to recognise the Bus I was to go home on. That was it and to this day I recall many of the horrible problems that caused for me and my teachers inability to cope with me.

My teachers were often so frustrated with my not knowing much English I was often punished.

As I grew older and went through school I was belittled and laughed at for not knowing some simple slang word or term (mainly by my classmates). At High School I hung around the Ethinic girls of my own background or Greek and Italians and some Asian girls. We were academically good but socially akward. You would think it would have ended at school but I had the same childish reactions to my naiveness to some common English or Australian phrases at work.

So I tend to be a bit touchey about not knowing something and then being lectured fully in the subject.

I just needed to be told LXX was an abbreviated term associated with a particular version of the Septuagint Bible and not be given a whole history of how the Bible translation came about.

As you are obviously aware my written language is always of a higher standard than others because it isn't my natural language and I am more careful with I guess spelling and grammar (even though my grammar isn't very good I try hard). Although lately I have certainly not bothered too often to go back and correct my spelling mistakes because I have not felt the need to be so formal all the time.

When my grammar and spelling and even wording goes down in standard you know I am getting comfortable with you and trust you not to laugh at me. Unfortunately I never do feel fully able to make mistakes in front of others too many times I have been belittled or laughed at over the years. So I go into Old age as a person who is unfortunately sensitive in this area of my life. I guess it's a pride thing. I know it is my Achilles Heel.

So I'm not making excuses I just wanted you to understand why.

My reaction was not warranted and I posted in anger. My aplogies once again.

[Robert]

No worries Hannah When I speak IRL, it's quite different from how I write online. The same thoughts and concepts are there, but unless I can see what I'm saying, it comes out quite awkward.

BTW: I didn't mean to lose my composure at you either. I haven't been myself this week with everything going on, so my apologies to you as well.

[mattfivefour]

Hugs to you both. And no apology necessary, Hannah ... or Robert. I am firmly convinced of how much each of you loves the Lord! You are both beautiful members of God's family and he has used both of you to help others here. Thank you both for being YOU.


Psalm 133:1-3

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.


Love in Christ,

Matt

[Hannah]

Many thanks for understanding.

[Meg]

To Hannah,

Many of us have been burned badly by the cheap cruelty of this world. I thank God you are a Christian, safe in the arms of our Holy Shepherd. I thank Him the rest of us are as well. Thank you for posting this, it meant more to Robert than you could guess...

God bless you deeply, dear sister. May He return soon and bring us all safely Home...

[myinnuendo999]

I never really read anymore of that post so I honestly don't know what happened nor what you're talking about. But I tell you Hannah, we love you so much and you are our sister in Christ. We ALL have our shortcomings and are very frail. But we look to Jesus and are reminded of His amazing love in our lives and we desire to grow as brothers and sisters in Christ.

I love you sister Hannah in Christ

that don't sound right===it sounds kinda Catholic sorry

I love you Hannah in Christ with a sincere love-1Peter 1:22 "Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart."

[LivnForChrist]

I love you too Hannah.

[anath]

well that makes 3 of us...I love you too, sis.

[Chris]

You ain't got to worry about how you talk around me y'all, I'm as southern as they come and it shows. I'm too busy to worry about typos, if it weren't for Firefox's built in spell check I'd look like a doffus despite having a Master's Degree in College. We don't need to be formal here, some here just write better than others, and some of us (myself included) are usually just too tired from work to give a hoot how we sound or if we have typos.

I hadn't even noticed anything Hannah.

[Hannah]

Thank you all very much for your kind words.

[Everlasting Life]

The Lying Paraphrased Bibles

My teachers were often so frustrated with my not knowing much English I was often punished. Using a different color to respond to this....wow, Hannah that is really terrible! I'm so sorry that happened to you! My heart goes out to you that you had to endure this. .

As I grew older and went through school I was belittled and laughed at for not knowing some simple slang word or term (mainly by my classmates). At High School I hung around the Ethinic girls of my own background or Greek and Italians and some Asian girls. We were academically good but socially akward. You would think it would have ended at school but I had the same childish reactions to my naiveness to some common English or Australian phrases at work. How frustrating to have to continue to deal with that! Too bad we didn't meet, I LOVE accents...and the kids from other countries were always much nicer..I thought.



When my grammar and spelling and even wording goes down in standard you know I am getting comfortable with you and trust you not to laugh at me. Unfortunately I never do feel fully able to make mistakes in front of others too many times I have been belittled or laughed at over the years. So I go into Old age as a person who is unfortunately sensitive in this area of my life. I guess it's a pride thing. I know it is my Achilles Heel. Well, thank goodness we are not saved by having the right accent or proper grammer!! Thankfully it's our faith in Christ that makes us acceptable. I love how God's word tells us that we belong, we are part of His family! Hannah, you belong, you are loved and accepted in Christ.

So I'm not making excuses I just wanted you to understand why.

As someone else said, we've all been burned by the cruel world...and while we forgive, at times there's still that wound that exists that is still tender and causes pain. (((Hannah)))<---cyber hug, will be praying that God would gently heal this part of your heart.

My reaction was not warranted and I posted in anger. Maybe I missed something ...but I didn't detect anger in your posts, thought it was a very interesting background actually and gave me food for thought during the week in how God works in many ways to reach those He loves.

Many blessings to you Hannah, and remember...God does not laugh at you or belittle you for mistakes, look to Him and rest in His unconditional, unfathomable love for you. I'm sure His thoughts towards you are, "Well done, good and faithful servant."