How I wasted my childhood by not knowing God

[jennifer_bloom]

When I was in middle school I was the smartest kid in my class, not religious at all, and I used to mock people less popular and less intelligent then me and I loved to make people feel dumb.

Looking back at these 12 year olds now, I wish I could hug and kiss them and let them know they are valuable and important to God, even with their poverty and their learning disabilities.

I spent my youth competing with others and trying to be the top dog, when I could have provided dozens or hundreds of people with encouragement and emotional support and sympathy and tutoring help. I wish I could go back in time to heal every wounded soul I ever mocked or ignored.

I believe when your compassionate, God blesses you with comfort and healing and forgiveness and opportunities to change, I gave myself huge problems through my lack of pity and concern for others

[xJeremyx]

God's mercy and grace is more than enough for you. Sure, in the past you did things you regretted. But, so have all of us. What matters is that we actively embrace and accept the new covenant he made with us. Our inequities are forgiven through grace.

You are who He says you are. Not who you were. We cannot alter the flow of time, but we can change our lives by heeding the calling God has for every single one of us.

[Dinosaursandanime65]

Yes, though the forgiveness…. I am sure you must Repent and ask for forgiveness to receive it. Christianity also isn’t a religion, just need to sweep up that dust real quick. It’s Truth. Religion is fake. DECEPTION. Deception is our enemy

[Weapon77]

Interesting. I never would have guessed that based on how nice you seem to be now. What makes it even more confusing is how different it is from me. I had a really rough childhood, so I always tried to care about and help people less intelligent and/or less skilled than me as long as they were good people. And since I was one of the most intelligent children on the planet, I was smarter than everyone around me and more skilled in more things than most. But it was incredibly lonely. I noticed how moderately intelligent people thought they were brilliant and liked to demean people, and I hated it. But it was a rush when I humbled those assholes. Others cherred for me. It was one of the few times in my life I got to feel like I helped people. I guess the smartest people know how much they don't know and feel no need to mock dumber people, mainly since almost everyone is dumber than them. It's weird witnessing somewhat smart people act superior, when we know we actually know more than them, yet we don't flaunt it.

I was Christian as a kid, but it was also the roughest part of my life for many reasons. I always saw how arrogant and rude most atheists were and didn't want to be like that. But the older I got, the more I realized the problems with religion and drifted from it. We'd all be better off if we quit worrying about how smart we are, how smart others are, and what religion they have.

[Anonymous]

I think it was @anon1903 that said her life would have been better without good in her childhood. I can't remember if it was her that said it. So maybe they are better off without god in their childhood.

[es20490446e]

What do people that get a good life have in common?