I have a friend that has come to me with a very hard question that I have no clue of answering. So I thought why not bring it to my friends for advice.
My friend has been in the church since her younger years. She went thru a major surgery recently. First some background , she is a single mother of two and a widower. She has had to been thru alot so to say but she beared and come thru. Lately she had a very serious surgery. She went for and open heart surgery. In that surgery all the blood was drown from her body and put back according to her physicians. After about a week of the surgery she found herself stronger than normal, things that she tolerated before the surgery she no longer allow to happen anymore such as , people over talking her, her ideals always never coming thru and so on.
Okay, she has faithfully went to this church even in the good and the bad times. Now due to the economics she said that she feel like she is in a position where she cant go up, down, or side to side. The position has to deal with either paying her tithes to the church or providing for her family. She said that its been some months since she has been able to pay but in her heart she ask for forgivenness and a better way. Now during her this trial she has notice the change in her church. She mention that their attitude has change as if she has committed a crime. She feel that the love of god is not in them and she also feel that she is being judge. She mention that she was not comfortable in the church sitting anymore.
Back to the surgery, before it she would allow her church members to express themselves in a way that made here feel self worthly but she knew that it was godly advice. Now Since and after the surgery she feels that her heart is stronger and some comment she is not allowing to pass and given responces back to the church member. So now the pastor sunday services has been around ANGER!!! She openly expresses that she is not angry she just do not tolerate the comments now. THis has been going on for some time and she thinks the best move to do is just start visiting other churches so that she may remain in gods word but not deal in confusion. Once she return in her church confusion starts and pastor constantly takes about ANGER!!.
Her question to me was how can you get more love off the streets than in the church you were practically raised in after coming thru trials like what she has dealt with.?? How do she explain to her pastor that maybe the best move is to move her membership?? What advice can you offer to help her have peace love and happiness in her life again.
$$$$$Keep in mind these are elderly people in a small town and a small building. So they are familiar with what goes on in the church and in each other household$$$$$$$$$$
Please also keep her in your prays as people around the world in situations they have no idea on handling ask god to show people the path he has set forth.
Thanks for being My Friend
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