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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Hey! After reading your post I was reminded about all the times I had a similar feeling. As a college student in the church life I am sometimes discouraged. I have never had the feeling to leave in the same sense but often times especially with Covid I doubt myself and the saints around me. What has allowed me to stay is knowing that no church is perfect but the Lord is the one who has put me here. We are all Shepard’s but we are also sheep. The Lords tender care over me, Him putting me in the church life, putting me in a divine family, and affording me the opportunity to see the high peak of the divine revelation is what has kept me all these years. The Lord meets us where we are at. If you feel angry or frustrated or mad , tell Him. Even when I am mad at my situation I tell the Lord. He likes to hear us. He might not fix our situation but He does supply Himself to us as grace. No church is better than others, in fact I have many Christian friends from other churches that I enjoy the Lord together with. It probably has to do with the fact that I grew up in the church life but after cultivating a family here and knowing that our life is not our own but the Lords is what has allowed me to stay. As the church we know we are knitted together with ALL believers and we stand on the same ground with all those who call on Him with a pure heart. I hope all is well with you and would like to keep up with what you decide to do (:
- a stranger who wishes you the best
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In reading this I'm reminded that the Lord has those in all groups, and that certainly includes even the Roman Catholic system. I listen to RC radio sometimes and it's a mix of some really good focus on Christ, and also the other nonsense (like idolizing Mary, etc.). I remember hearing a Catholic priest at a memorial speak a really pure gospel to the ones assembled there - it really surprised me! And as the Lord points out in the letters to the 7 churches in Revelation, He has some in all those situations.
The LC is no different in that respect. And I appreciate that the Lord has given you the experience of genuine fellowship with believers who don't meet in the LC! To me, the bottom-line is to stay where the Lord has put you and find His grace there, and be open to His leading if there would come a time He would lead you somewhere else.