Leaders of the Lord's Recovery

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by alwayslearning

Of course this was exactly what Witness Lee was doing which was just his standard MO. No surprises there. But how many coworkers and elders made the effort to go to Bill Mallon and ask him directly what his side of the story was? Few if any. They just blindly joined the Witness Lee, Philip Lee, LSM bandwagon. What does that say about the leadership of the LC system?

Recently I was deceptively taken for a good chunk of change by my neighbor. Whereas I thought I was helping an old friend in need, it turns out I merely enabled him to finance his next fix on his ever worsening downward spiral. Of course, I had my reservations, but his numerous promises and assurances caused a lapse in my better judgment. The other day his wife said to me, "I doubt if this is any consolation, but you were not alone ..." She was right. I later learned that even the Pharmacist at church, the one with a weekly radio program, endured a far greater loss than I did, not to mention all the missing pills.

My sad plight caused me to rehearse the deception I have endured in the Recovery. For many years I believed so many promises and assurances from LC ministers. Some of it went contrary to all my best judgment. With today's 20-20 hindsight it all looks so obvious, but not then. I trusted all the ones I was with, and believed what they told me. Thus I was convinced, that though I was not the brightest light on the tree, all the others around me could not also be deceived. I was also banking on their better judgment.

I suppose that being deceived by a friend is not the worst experience in life. Wasn't our Lord deceived by an old friend with a kiss? I know He is a better judge of character than I am. Perhaps the best consolation is knowing that we are in the Father's hands, and that nothing happens to us without His consent. That truth was good enough for the Lord, and so it's good enough for me too.