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I'll keep this one short. I'm tired and I have to go to bed.
I went to my friend's church for service just now, and at the end of it my mother suggested that I get prayed for. I was wearing my jacket and the pastor/prophet started praying for me and his snap judgment was that I was a guy.
Well... I really don't mind, and I think the male pronouns are more appropriate for me but the other adults around me were just all awkward like "uhhhh... She's a girl." which... Idk. I didn't like it when they said that.
It was the first time I was prayed for like that, and I never knew that somebody saying words like "strong and intelligent young man" and stuff like that just made so much of a difference, and who are people to decide what i actually like to be called by.
I know, I'm detracting away from the fact that I was prayed for? But my point here is that from all facets of society, through the words they use to children, it really would cause a big difference in the way they perceive themselves over the years, and I'll be honest, I'm disappointed that I "missed out" on the opportunity to be praised as a young man.
As to how I feel about this incident, I think I feel like Jacob 'accidentally' getting the blessings of Esau, even though i can't pinpoint the exact emotion that I feel right now.
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