🌿 Walking With Jesus When You Feel Misunderstood (Companion Blog for Video 34)
🌿 Walking With Jesus When You Feel Misunderstood
(Companion Blog for Video 34)
📺 Companion Video 34 — Talk With Jesus Daily
You can watch the video here:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@TheTrueRemnant/videos
If you haven’t watched the video yet, I suggest starting there.
This blog is for seasons when words don’t land the way you intend, motives are questioned, and you feel misread — even by good people.
And as always, let me say this gently:
If you have questions, or if something here touches a place that feels raw or confusing, please feel free to ask. I don’t claim to have all the answers — but I care, and I’ll do my best to respond as soon as I can.
You don’t have to walk this alone.
There are moments in the walk with Jesus
when you realize you are being misunderstood.
Not because you’re being unkind.
Not because you’re trying to confuse anyone.
But because the place you’re walking from
no longer matches the place others are standing.
And that can hurt.
It can make you want to explain yourself better…
or defend your heart…
or pull back entirely.
🌱 Being Misunderstood Is Not a Sign You’re Off the Path
Many people assume that if they were truly walking with God,
things would make sense to everyone around them.
Scripture tells a different story.
“He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.”
(Isaiah 53:3)
Jesus was misunderstood —
deeply —
and often by sincere, religious people.
Misunderstanding does not mean misalignment.
📖 Jesus Did Not Explain Himself to Everyone
There were moments when Jesus clarified —
and moments when He stayed silent.
He didn’t correct every assumption.
He didn’t defend every accusation.
“But Jesus yet answered nothing.”
(Mark 15:5)
Silence, in that moment, was not weakness.
It was trust.
Trust in the Father.
Trust in truth.
Trust that love would speak louder than explanation.
🌿 The Book of Mormon: Walking Without Applause
The Book of Mormon is filled with faithful people
who were misunderstood.
Abinadi was rejected.
Alma was accused.
Mormon was ignored.
Yet they continued to walk forward.
“I do not fear your threats… neither do I fear death.”
(Abinadi, Mosiah 13:3)
They did not walk for approval.
They walked for obedience.
🔥 The Nemenhah Records: Truth Walked, Not Argued
The Nemenhah teachings speak clearly here.
The elders teach that truth does not require defense
when it is lived.
Those who walk the Way are taught
to remain gentle when misunderstood,
to avoid contention,
and to trust that clarity comes through fruit — not force.
The Peacemaker does not argue His way forward.
He walks.
And those who walk with Him learn the same restraint.
🌱 When You Want to Be Understood
If you’re in a place where:
• your intentions are questioned
• your silence is misread
• your peace is misunderstood
Pause gently.
You don’t owe everyone an explanation.
The Psalmist prayed:
“Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.”
(Psalm 37:5)
God knows your heart —
even when others do not.
🕊️ Staying Gentle When You’re Misread
One of the quiet strengths of walking with Jesus
is learning not to harden
when you’re misunderstood.
You can stay kind.
You can stay open.
You can stay honest.
And if you ever need to talk it through,
or ask something that feels tangled inside,
please feel free to ask. I’ll listen, and I’ll try to help as best I can.
Sometimes being understood by one
is enough to keep walking.
🌿 A Gentle Word
If you’re misunderstood right now,
don’t rush to fix it.
Let love remain visible.
Let time speak.
Let Jesus walk with you through it.
Misunderstanding may sting —
but it does not define you.
🌾 A Simple, Everyday Example
Let me make this plain.
Sometimes being misunderstood looks like this:
You say less, not more — and people assume you’re hiding something.
You choose peace, and people think you’re avoiding the issue.
You stop arguing — and others decide you must not care.
But the truth is, you care more than before.
You’ve just learned that not every conversation needs winning.
Not every misunderstanding needs correcting.
Not every concern needs a reply.
For example:
You might step back from debates you used to engage in.
You might stop explaining your beliefs to people who only want to argue.
You might choose to love someone quietly instead of trying to convince them.
From the outside, that can look confusing.
From the inside, it feels like obedience.
Jesus didn’t stop loving when He went silent.
He didn’t stop seeing when He stopped explaining.
Sometimes silence isn’t retreat —
it’s restraint.
And sometimes the most honest thing you can say is nothing at all.
If this is where you are right now, you’re not broken.
You’re not drifting.
You’re not failing to testify.
You’re learning how to walk with Jesus without needing to prove it.
That’s not a riddle.
That’s real life.
📺 WATCH THE VIDEOS
New Talk With Jesus Daily videos are shared three times each week:
🗓️ Wednesday
🗓️ Friday
🗓️ Sunday
You can find all of them here:
👉 https://www.youtube.com/@TheTrueRemnant/videos
Watch when it helps.
Pause when you need to.
There is no pressure to clarify everything today.
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