Hope
In church decision making... it matters that the persons in charge proceed prayerfully. That they send their words to God for analysis before speaking them, and nix them if they don't pass the test. That they care more about the souls and relationships involved than a speedy solution. That they are courageous enough to speak the truth in love. It gives me hope when I see this. The exact decision (when there's more than one right way to skin the cat) does not matter nearly as much. (On the other hand, when you see no sign of a leader's communication with God, be very afraid.)
posted by Claire at 16:28
4 Comments:
Amen. I left the Mennonite church because I saw "no sign of a leader's communication with God." In fact, quite the opposite -actions diametrically opposed to Biblical principles. ~Hannah
...to make my post less cryptic... I was encouraged by multiple members of my church of broken people at our member's meeting Friday night. Thank God for sincere Christian men!
And, yeah, I'm fairly much in the dark about your experience so I'll refrain from commenting on it.
We need to get together and talk sometime!
I'm glad that your experience currently is better than my past experience, but I'm afraid my talking about it will remain cryptic... no offense, just that God is the only one who can fix it... so I talk to Him. He saw all my tears over it, and how my heart ached -He understands, and that is truly enough :). ~Hannah
Yes, it is much wiser to talk to God about bitter experiences than to gossip about them to everyone else. I applaud and encourage you in that.
Hey, I have two weeks of break coming up. Let's go sledding or something!
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