Questions and Concerns for Current and Former LC Members

[Nell]

Here's another Question/Concern/truth current and former LC members would do well to address: What have you done?

Gen. 3:13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.

The truth is, we made a choice to follow Lee off the rails. Like Eve, “I was deceived.” This was my sin. I own it. I came to this realization several years after I left the LC.

I chose to ignore the warnings in my own conscience. I chose to ignore the warnings in the Bible. I chose to obey the LC leadership when I should have asked questions...regardless of the personal consequences. I chose not to ask questions, and I chose to obey the mantra "don't say anything negative."

I didn't really mean to ignore all the warning signs. I didn't realize that the red flags waving all over the place were actually the Lord God trying to get my attention. It wasn't my fault.

Really? Whose fault was it?

When God said to the woman "What have you done?" she didn't try to reason her way through the answer to God's question. She gave the simplest answer possible. She simply admitted that she was deceived. The cowardly man blamed her and blamed God himself. Seemingly without hesitation, she confessed that she had been deceived...by the serpent.

There are many reasons we can legitimately point to Lee as the deceiver and blame him. Blame the LC leadership. Blame all who led to our "downfall", often rightly so. However, does that make us any LESS deceived?

What about the "church kids"? What about those who were raised in the LC and find themselves tortured by what was foisted upon them by others beyond their control? Honestly, I don't know. Some of us made a choice to believe a lie and some of us were taught from childhood to believe a lie.

I don't know that the solution would be different for church kids than it would be for those of us who came to the LC as adults. I don't think it would be a mistake to confess and repent for being deceived as a child. The woman gave a simple answer which is likely the best possible answer.

Like the woman, I also was deceived by the serpent. I repented for my sin. I often pray even now, "Lord, please don't let me be deceived." I don't hold Lee and the LC responsible for what I did. This doesn't let them off the hook. Lee, et al, are in God's hands now...not mine.

“My sheep hear my voice, and they follow me.” This is my/our great need...to hear the Shepherd's voice and follow Him.

Nell