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Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple
Why do we have to make it as if anyone is counseling to take the guy under their wing and sign up to care for him forever? In a Church setting for someone who has been a faithful member and particularly if they had always given to the Church themselves WHAT would be the big deal about paying their rent for a month?
Does anyone in the Church care if the guy winds up on the street or going for help to the dreaded Charismatic Church down the street? I mean unless theres something wrong about this story it seems like a no brainer to me. Christians have compassion. Christians show mercy.
Or let the guy stay in the SACRED CHURCH BUILDING!
Then if he does NOT look for work during that time THEN tell him he is on his own. What have we lost by doing what Christians should have a heart to do anyway? Perhaps we stabilize a young Christian brother!
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Nah, that'll require effort on our part. It's easier just to embody the belief that when bad things happen it's because we do bad things and if good things happen it's cause we have done good things.
I have a mother in law that would scoff if I found oil in my back yard and found a goose that laid golden eggs.
She'd choke on her words before letting anything exit her lips that might suggest that we had the favor of the Lord in our life.
But one little thing happens...one bump in the road and it's all like,"Well, you aren't living for God in the right way and this is obviously a result of that transgression."
I think that some people have the same mindset the disciples had when they met the blind guy,"Lord, who sinned?"
Sometimes bad stuff happens.
Maybe the job wouldn't have paid the guys bills.
If I was jobless and had bills that needed to be paid, I may not accept just ANY job that comes my way.
Why?
Because if I'm not going to be able to pay my bills with what I'm making it's a waste of my time.
If your budget requires a certain amount of income, how does it help me to take a job that pays a pittance and still leaves me out on the street?
Maybe he can apply for unemployment?
Has anybody talked with him and helped him work through those options?
Maybe he's crushed by losing his job and he feels,"What's the use?"
Of maybe he believes what I used to believe and he feels that if he just surrenders to the current of fate, that God will let him end up wherever he needs to be?
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