YPO said: Please, someone, help me understand how the Lord's words about millstones around the neck and normal human affection could BOTH be thrown under the LC bus?
YPO, no heat here.
Our oldest son was born in 1975. We lived in Anaheim at the time, in the bldg. next door to Francis Ball, and across the street from Witness Lee (who didn't even have a
clue who we were, that we were his 'followers', or even (seemingly) that we existed. He was NOT friendly at all. That is beside this point. Or maybe not.)
But we did know Francis and his sweet wife. Francis and my husband had spent some time together, were somewhat connected. They had in common that they both had children they had lost all contact with, children born to each of them in a former life.
Okay, Witness Lee had just given a sermon (yes, that is what they were. just sermons, like anyone else) about how children are 'wrappers', because they wrap up our hearts. And this is a bad thing. (GRRRR).
So, I ran into Francis in the neighborhood, had my little newborn with me and said joyfully -- Look, our baby! And Francis (bless his heart) said 'just don't let him get your heart. Children are wrappers!' And I, being the good little soldier, said 'oh, no, he won't'. And I thought (in the honest part of me) -- this boy had my heart before he was born. Actually, before he was conceived he had my heart. Completely.
The Bible talks about in the last days people not having natural affections. There you go. Enough said. I don't want to call that a doctrine of demons --- guess I will leave that to the Bible to say.
Our children are our biggest gifts, our biggest lessons, our biggest learning tools and our joy. Not one thing in my life is more important to me than my sons. Big, grownup, 6'3" sons. Cool Cats
