Yes, some people get hypersensitive to comments people make. I know I could be accused of liking sole food ...the number of times I stick my foot in my mouth. Honestly, I'm not trying to hurt anyone ...and I don't think anyone is trying to hurt me either. Sometimes we make attempts at wit ...and they could be considered wise cracks, assuredly void of much wisdom. We all can rest assured that we've also made misjudgments.

One person told me how much of stable person he felt I was ...another person told me I smelled like one. I did not get a big head as a result of the being showered with the first comment, nor did I take an extra shower the evening of the second comment.

No, we shouldn't be too hypersensitive about certain things. If someone asks if I slept in my clothes, it's nothing I can't iron out. If someone hurts my feelings by saying I look tired ...don't think I'll take that too harshly, it's perhaps better I just sleep on it anyway.

A lady who weighed 450 pounds, was feeling good about herself after losing 50 pounds. She was really proud about it, though felt nobody else could probably tell. A friend of hers kept complaining that she'd gained 5 pounds over the holidays, and that she felt so fat. The 400-pound friend asked how much she weighed ...and she said she was 125 pounds when she weighed that morning. The lady weighing 400 pounds said she had lost a little weight ...and was planning on losing more. The 125 pound lady wiggles her posterior, and asks, "How much more do you plan to lose ...and how long does it take for you?" As the larger lady turns to walk away, she says, "I plan to lose 125 more pounds ...and I plan to do it today!"

At times we are too sensitive about what others say, or what we perceive they are thinking about us. Yet, we may be not sensitive enough in our own choice of words when conversing with others. Yes, both can be true ...but, the absolute worst is when we are not sensitive enough to what God wants to communicate to us. 

No, it does not involve us being so sensitive, nor too insensitive. We should not feel so guilty that we feel God would find it difficult to reconcile with us ...as God is love, and not a deal maker. He sent us Jesus. It would be an insult to think the sacrifice of Jesus is not enough. And at the same time, we should not feel so free from condemnation that we feel free also of reproach. Sometimes we need to be rebuked ...but, the strength in it is in love.

Yes, I'm aware of some people who overuse their definition of 'tough love'. And I also know people who feel they believe in God, and it is their personal faith ...and no one can tell them anything. I often hope that God is not also excluded from their listening ear.