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2007
nell18-3

Putting Faith where it should be

by nell18-3Comment Published at 11:2511:255 comments5 comments45 Visits45 VisitsReport
Its no secret that I have been badly hurt and let down by the church and lots of people I used to go to church with and call my closest friends.
Easy Solution for me recently...........
I GAVE UP ON CHURCH!!!!!
Now before you panic and pray for me,
Instead of looking to the church for support, I decided that ok the church isn't there for me but I know someone who is, so instead of going to the church every week and getting nothing out of it except uneasy looks or conversations, I have a one to one relationship with God and I have put my Faith in Him
Its been great for me, I really am seeing miracles.
The boys counsellor told me that I would get a small house/flat only 2 bedrooms so the boys would have to share, no garden and the possibility of having to get rid of lots of our things as we would have no room for it all.
I took this to God in prayer, I told him to find a home that we could love no matter how small, a home we could find peace, a home we could feel safe......and to make me thankful for whatever I received.
My HOME has 3 bedrooms, a garden and all the things I needed to have with me, fit perfectly. Yes it is half the size of my old house, but rather like a TARDIS, everything we need fits perfectly.

The boys who were getting very angry with God because of the way some of his people have treated their Mum are now beginning to see that if we rely on people, we will be let down, but if we rely on God, there is a whole new world for everyone.
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lightbee
5.00 (Excellent) | August 2007 | lightbee
Re: Putting Faith where it should be

Oh!  I so understand - but I'm also so proud of you for being where you are now.  I fear that my faith has taken much more of a battering before I walked away and I don't quite know where I am these days in regards to "christianity".  Though I still know God is real.  I'm just in such a place of questioning everything I ever used to know /  get forced on me.  Some of it may be right, but a lot of what I got told I've found out from personal experience is not all its cracked up to be.  Anyway, that's my rant for the day. 

I really am very impressed and proud of you.



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      nell18-3
August 2007 | nell18-3
Re: Putting Faith where it should be
I do understand you Leith and know exactly where you are coming from
I think the trouble is we put too much faith in humans and they let us down!!!!!

I always reflect on the poem "Footprints" even though i don't feel carried at the time, looking back I know thats exactly what was happening.

If I had known 12 months ago where I would be now, I would have definitely gone with the flow of things much happier. I though I knew best, if I had trusted better, I would have realised that I don't know everything after all

mwah to you
xxxx


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KathrynR1402
5.00 (Excellent) | July 2007 | KathrynR1402
Re: Putting Faith where it should be
Wow, God has really provided well for you! Wonderful - the only truly reliable person. All churches are full of imperfect people, and I do believe that sometimes it's ok to take time out of fellowship, but at the same time I do believe we were make to be in fellowship with each other, how ever painful that can be sometimes! So enjoy your sabatical, but please consider not making it permanent? Maybe take time to visit other churches, while they will assume you're a holiday-maker??? Churches with big youth groups are a blessing for kids but sometimes, as you've found, they're not always the perfect churches for our kids because of other circumstances. Anyway, I'm off to bed now, hope my ramble made some sense and wasnt too sharp - not meant to be, apologies if I've been insensitive. Ni'night Nell!


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      nell18-3
July 2007 | nell18-3
Re: Putting Faith where it should be
Thanks Kathryn
It makes perfect sense and was also said to me earlier in the evening when I was on MSN with EF. She said the same.
I know what my problem is, like I explained to EF, every church in this area know me as one half of a couple!!!!!!!!! I don't like that connection as I look for signs (paranoia I guess) for what they are really thinking.
I take on board what you are saying and thank you for caring enough to say it, I will look for or sit and wait for God to show me the church where I can be part of the fellowship for the right reasons once again
xxx


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           KathrynR1402
July 2007 | KathrynR1402
Re: Putting Faith where it should be

Thanks. It must be so easy to get paranoid after what you've been thru. But people get used to you not being a couple - so used in fact that there are some in my church who've married again and I never even noticed the new boy/girl friend til they were engaged or married! I could blame it on the lack of sleep I s'pose...!

If they love you then they will be trying hard not to put their foot in it, but is that worse than going somewhere you arent known and having them put their size 10s in it repeatedly?

I'm sure God will lead you back into fellowship at the right time. In the meantime, you have family and friends who can play their important part in filling the gap! You are clearly blessed in that area!



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