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Hmm. God is punishing you with ADHD?
That’s a tough one. If you get it managed and become a champion for change and help others, does that make it a blessing?
I’m not a biblical scholar, but if you are a Christian don’t you believe that God created you in his image. So you are whole, and complete and perfect. And doesn’t it say that God loves you.
I mean, I get the Old Testament is full of punishment. In fact, if you’re a Christian who works on Sunday, the Old Testament says you have to be put to death. (Which must make for a very high staff turnover at Amusement Parks and Museums that are open Sundays. Or maybe they only hire people of different faiths. Or of no faith.)
But wasn’t the point that Jesus brought a New Testament, and rather than stuff like, “An eye for an eye.” which is kind of easy and automatic, he challenged us to, “Turn the other cheek,” and “Love your enemies and do good for them…” (Luke 6:35)?
I’m just glad you didn’t blurt out what a friend of mine did when he told his father he was gay, and the father said, “God is punishing you.” and he replied, “Yes, by giving me a judgmental, unloving, un-Christian and very nasty father.”
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