When Comfort Heals and Judgment Hurts: A Lesson in Bearing Burdens

Recently, I had two very different conversations with two sisters in Christ.Both conversations happened in safe spaces—one around a pool, the other over a cup of coffee. In both, I opened up from a place of deep vulnerability. But only one left me feeling seen and comforted. The other left me discouraged, judged, and spiritually bruised. Conversation 1: Burden-Sharing Sitting …