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Originally Posted by NeitherFirstnorLast
I am troubled today, because my eldest daughter (age 11) lost a friend.
Friday night is "Home Meeting" night, and my children have enjoyed going because there are many other children there. I have not chosen to attend in some time, but my wife has still gone some lately. Tonight my daughter found out they were no longer invited. Tonight she discovered that her friends aren't allowed to associate with her anymore because we no longer meet with the LSM church. Her friends were told we go to a "Catholic church in Three Hills now", which we do not (not that it matters, really). My daughter told her friend that we don't, and "what does it matter where we go? We're Christians, what does it matter if we don't want Witness Lee as our divine deputy - we can still be friends!" Her friend (also age 11) agreed, but her parents don't feel the same way.
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It sure is a shame to see our fellow Christians become so blind and superstitious that their affiliation and relationship to a ministry alone decides who is "true and faithful." Even more heart-wrenching is to see children suffer because their parents desire only to be followers of the Lamb.
Right now I am reading Myer's short booklet --
http://www.grandviewchristianassembl...s%20_book_.pdf
It's actually quite encouraging, which I need a double portion of. He only makes a passing reference to his time in the LC's on pp 23-24.
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My wife and I were with a difficult and often odd gathering of Christians for decades. From the beginning we felt that the group looked reasonably like the New Testament church in terms of core beliefs and devotional practices. We decided to stick around and make it work, learning the lessons of how to love and how to forgive. We learned to overlook group eccentricities and deal with problem people, serving together with them and following Jesus.
And, of course, they had to tolerate our faults. Whether or not the group was the perfect fit for us was immaterial. We learned things at another level of the Christian life. Eventually we did leave, but not over personal hostilities. When the group started to display cult-like attitudes and definite signs of a disturbing sectarian trend, we separated from it. But for so very long, we made a home in the middle of these quirky folks with an attitude that we were in it for the long haul. And we were. I’d like to challenge all the rest of you to do the same thing.
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