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Originally Posted by Igzy
... be yourself in the Lord and don't let anyone manipulate you or push you around (except maybe your wife  ). Cherish your wife and take care of your marriage (Eph 5:28-29). Take it a day at a time. Broaden your Christian friend base and read different authors. If the LCers begrudge that, take it as a warning signal, shake the dust off your feet and move along. |
And if the LCers find out that you are populating a "negative" web site, see how quickly their love turns to dust!
But at the same time
Igzy and
Friedel give good advice: don't be rash. The adversary of the believers always walks about like a roaring lion, seeking to provoke us into some hasty and ill-conceived action. Do nothing. Sit before God, however you like to sit before God, and let Him move you. He gave you a wonderful wife, He gave you the faith in His Son, His Holy Spirit is surely upon you (and yes, within you). So don't dash about madly like some scared mouse looking for the exit. "Wait upon the L
ORD/Be of good courage/Wait, I say, upon the L
ORD"
A danger of web sites like this is that it is very easy to become "negative", and see only the faults, the failures, the shortcomings. I like to occasionally re-affirm how grateful I am for my journey, which includes both going into and out of the LSM-affiliated local churches. Some of the theology and practices I still reference. A lot of it has fallen away as either extraneous or even worse. But it is still my history. If I am bitter and angry then my problem is with God, not those around me. And if I'm frightened or discouraged then I have been distracted from my faith.