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Originally Posted by Ohio
King Saul became extremely suspicious of David, and now viewed David as a threat to his own kingdom. To which John Bevere adds ...
Here is the result of pushing an agenda, a so-called vision, rather than serving God directly -- one becomes suspicious of others. For decades I wondered why there was so much suspicion in the LC's. Until I recognized this on a national, regional, and local level, I never knew the reason for this systemic disease. At one point, before the actual quarantines of GLA brothers, I felt there were "sleeper cells" ready to spring into action upon coded words from the podium. It has been said that the opposite of love is not just hate, but suspicion. Most leaders of the LC would be keen to recognize blatant hatred, but are clueless to the rampant suspicions they are subject to.
For decades WL sowed suspicions into his lieutenants concerning the most fruitful ministers. He even allowed his son Philip to record a phone conversation with TC to "catch" him for others to know. Who does things like this? The jealousy and pride within many LC leaders becomes readily apparent once one leaves the system and watches other men of God serve God. This spirit of Saul was sown into the Recovery, and is now fully manifested. LSM today is willing to use all possible means -- quarantines, lawsuits, politics, backbiting, whispering, you name it -- in order to protect their so-called "vision."
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Another result of a "vision" is
blindness.
I shared on another thread about my "big dog" encounter in children's work where I was publicly humiliated. Here is
Part 2. My greatest need at that time was stability because of an even worse "not public" encounter with a pack of big dogs, yet they began moving me from group to group with no regard for me as a person. After the third move and pending fourth, I went to big dog Jr. and begged him not to move me. I needed help and the sister I was serving with was kind to me. ("Kindness" was the best I could hope for because the "pack" ordered me not to talk about what they said to me with anyone but the big dog sisters.) It's really pathetic when simple human kindnesss is lacking in "church" and when you finally experience it in someone, you have to BEG to keep that connection.
Big dog Jr. listened to me. By the time I finished, I was sobbing. I did beg, but did he listen? All he could talk about was their "vision". They had a "vision" for childrens' work which he explained in flowery words. When he finished all I could say to him was "You may have a vision for children's work, but
you can't see me." And I left.
The next "elder" I saw, I told "I'm taking myself off of Children's Work." He was shocked I guess (so was I). He just said a small "ok" and I walked away. I saw him a few days later and he said "You've been taken off of children's work". I thought but didn't say "You can't take me off of childrens work because I already took myself off."
I was never part of "the service" again.
So a "vision" that doesn't include
people is blindness.
By this time, I had a vision too. One I've never lost. As painful as it was at the time, down the road, it actually helped me.
Nell