Is this a sin?

[MartyrForJesus]

I got some nice crusty bread to eat, a whole roll and two burger rolls. I like to have crusty bread for toast before school when I can, I get the bread at Church. I got this weeks bread yesterday and was excited to eat it. I think one of my parents has thrown the bread out, because I can’t find it anywhere and they have done it before, saying that it is stale (it isn’t/wasn’t because it’s sealed in a bag). I was very annoyed and was rambling under my breath ‘Why would they do that?’ and ‘It wasn’t stale!!!’.

I have always struggled with the sin of being disrespectful to parents, it feels I am getting nowhere. I regret being so annoyed now.

Thanks.

 

[Newbie2]

Nope.

It’s an emotional reaction, it’s a disagreement.

Virtues (patience, understanding) are developed, and that takes time and experience.

 

[MartyrForJesus]

Nope.

It’s an emotional reaction, it’s a disagreement.

Virtues (patience, understanding) are developed, and that takes time and experience.

Thanks! I was also thinking in my head things like ‘That was an idiotic decision to throw that away!’ I don’t know if that changes anything though.

 

[Newbie2]

Thanks! I was also thinking in my head things like ‘That was an idiotic decision to throw that away!’ I don’t know if that changes anything though.

Well, sometimes our parents DO do idiotic things. But for the most part, when they do, it’s either not our place to correct them or we correct them with the utmost of diplomacy and charity.

My kids have reached the age where they know that not only do I not know everything, but they know I am far from perfect…as they once thought as little kids.

In your instance, perhaps, a response such as “Oh, I was going to make toast out of that…I like the bread crusty” (as long as it was in a respectful tone) would have been perfectly OK.

 

[MartyrForJesus]

Well, sometimes our parents DO do idiotic things. But for the most part, when they do, it’s either not our place to correct them or we correct them with the utmost of diplomacy and charity.

My kids have reached the age where they know that not only do I not know everything, but they know I am far from perfect…as they once thought as little kids.

In your instance, perhaps, a response such as “Oh, I was going to make toast out of that…I like the bread crusty” (as long as it was in a respectful tone) would have been perfectly OK.

Darn… okay I need to get better at that, I’m afraid however that because my family knows me as this grumpy person that if I’m all of a sudden very sincere they will think I don’t care.

I’ll get better hopefully! Thanks for the advice!

 

[grasscutter]

Darn… okay I need to get better at that, I’m afraid however that because my family knows me as this grumpy person that if I’m all of a sudden very sincere they will think I don’t care.

I’ll get better hopefully! Thanks for the advice!

I assume that you are a teenager. So, don’t worry, your parents expect you to be grumpy at this stage in life. And I would imagine that there are a lot of times when they are very patient with you. (Even if it doesn’t seem obvious.)

Still, there is nothing wrong with saying that you are saving that bread and could they not throw it away. Maybe ask them if it would help if you wrote your name on the bag.

 

[KathySFSD]

My thought is that the only possible sin was throwing edible bread away! I am old school I guess