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bookworm · 07-18-2010, 07:27 AM

Countmeworthy,

This is a very good thread! I had not noticed it until it now resurfaced. Thanks for starting it. I was not aware that you had only been in for 4 years.

I touched the LC when many moved to Houston from other towns/cities in Texas around 1971. I was taken with the "freshness" of just loving Jesus and meeting in His name and praying the word of God. The scriptures were "living and operative" and the praise of the brothers and sisters in song and word was genuine. I felt at home and blessed to be among an entire group of people who were "taking the Lord at His word" and fully trusting (and obeying I thought).

My husband and I married in 1972 and were giving our all for the "Lord's Recovery." We definitely were like the frog in the slowly simmering pot as we focused more and more on "the building up of the body."

Around 1976 just before the birth of our second child my husband decided he had had enough. He really is not a team player and by nature is quite opinionated, so it is surprising that he had lasted from 1971 to 1976, five years. Unfortunately he definitely bought into the idea of it's either the LC (the TRUE body of Christ) or the world. So he left and gave no diligence to meet with others for 13 years, during which time I hung in there at the LC (always telling my husband that I would be willing to worship God anywhere he chose). Finally, after many life experiences and with our children being teenagers, we began seeking the Lord together around 1989 and were invited to an established denomination where our children were fed and cared for and were able to develop some semblance of normal worship—just in time for their high school experiences, thank God!

The Lord has not given up on us and we continue to seek him as we now learn the lessons of growing old and passing on the Faith to our children and grandchildren.

07-18-2010, 07:27 AM	#28
bookworm Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 42	Re: Time Frame in the LSM/LC Countmeworthy, This is a very good thread! I had not noticed it until it now resurfaced. Thanks for starting it. I was not aware that you had only been in for 4 years. I touched the LC when many moved to Houston from other towns/cities in Texas around 1971. I was taken with the "freshness" of just loving Jesus and meeting in His name and praying the word of God. The scriptures were "living and operative" and the praise of the brothers and sisters in song and word was genuine. I felt at home and blessed to be among an entire group of people who were "taking the Lord at His word" and fully trusting (and obeying I thought). My husband and I married in 1972 and were giving our all for the "Lord's Recovery." We definitely were like the frog in the slowly simmering pot as we focused more and more on "the building up of the body." Around 1976 just before the birth of our second child my husband decided he had had enough. He really is not a team player and by nature is quite opinionated, so it is surprising that he had lasted from 1971 to 1976, five years. Unfortunately he definitely bought into the idea of it's either the LC (the TRUE body of Christ) or the world. So he left and gave no diligence to meet with others for 13 years, during which time I hung in there at the LC (always telling my husband that I would be willing to worship God anywhere he chose). Finally, after many life experiences and with our children being teenagers, we began seeking the Lord together around 1989 and were invited to an established denomination where our children were fed and cared for and were able to develop some semblance of normal worship—just in time for their high school experiences, thank God! The Lord has not given up on us and we continue to seek him as we now learn the lessons of growing old and passing on the Faith to our children and grandchildren.