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Thursday, October 13, 2005

Church Folk

I actually just woke up and this thought was bothering me so bad I had to get it out to someone and since no one is up at 4:40am, my blog will do...
I've spent so much time defending church folk it's sickening!! There are so many people that refuse to come to my church because of the people that go there, recently I brought a friend of mine and she was shocked to see one of her regulars at the casino in a leadership position in the church so I had to spend the rest of the day, not reaffirming what Bishop preached on but on how she got to where she is. It is the hardest thing to explain to a non-believer about the process Christians go through. And it hurts because I feel that they could learn so much from Bishop but I pray God will speak to them even if they haven't settled in a church yet.
But recently I heard one of the main church blockers say "If you ain't on God's agenda then you're not on my agenda" and "I really can't deal with you if you ain't up to me"... Who are you to say who is and who isn't on God's agenda? We're all His children, even the ones that don't accept Him, so what are you saying? WHAT KINDA MESS IS THAT?!?!?! Now let someone who's new in the faith read that crap and you've just lost another soul. I understand that those that refuse to hear God should eventually be turned over to a reprobate mind but when you claim to be called and you are a minister in God's house HOW DEAR YOU EVEN BEGIN TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE IN ANY POSITION TO DISMISS ANYONE BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE FLAWED??!!!??! If truth be told and the light is shone on the mess you comin out of, working through, and everything you're thinkin at this very moment God would spit you out of His mouth if He was like man. You are in a position of power, people look up to you, and you're still a baby-and the sad part is you don't even know it. I am not sayin that I'm fully grown in the Lord...no I've got a long road ahead of me...but I have the "spiritual common sense" to know that people are watching me, that there is a young girl who thinks I've got everything in check and is tryin to emulate me, to know that I have to watch my mouth and my actions.
By every mean, do not allow anyone to hinder or hold you back from gettin close to the Father because that would be the worst mistake you would make but please do not become scripture educated, tongue speakin MEAN PEOPLE!!

For those of you that may read this and are struggling with your faith and feel in anyway discouraged by other Christians please understand one thing, when you confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior you are saved for the rest of your life and no one can take that from you and if they don't treat you the way you feel you should be treated then you take that as a key note as how to NOT treat others {what you do/say to children of God will always come back to you}. If you have one friend that is willing to hold you a seat in church whether you come or not, if you got that one friend that will pray you through your rough spot even when the ones you expect to keep you in prayer seem not to remember that but rather talk about what and who you're doin, if you remember that when you get in your secret place and your knees touch that floor and you open your mouth to say Father and you believe that what you ask is already done because your Father is that BIG-THAT'S ALL YOU GOTTA WORRY ABOUT! and if they won't do right, you do right and watch Him work it all out for your good.

CH

posted by DSweet1 @ Thursday, October 13, 2005

1 Comments:

At 1:13 PM, Anonymous said…

DAMN C!!! THAT IS SOOO TRUE!!! Church folk be the most ignorant, thank God you were there cuz I would've left church a long time ago but see this is what we all been sayin...if you get a "leadership" position in the church it would be best for so many people ;-) Call ya later