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Originally Posted by TalkLady
In my neck of the woods, I'd say the "church folks" were on the scoundrel list much more than the unchurched in my little community where a relative owned a small business. More is expected from those who call themselves preachers and believers than those who make no such claim.
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Cause someone does not belong to the body of Christ they get a pass or something? I understand that there are very horrible people in the body. But there are more real people in here than real bad ones. I understand your area growing up was different and gave you this disposition about preachers and such. I agree that more is expected from ministers cause they should live at a higher level. Many do. How come they are perceved as everything but human? I think that to get mercy you must first show mercy. That is something lacking in the world today is mercy towards one another. I am not singleing you out at all please do not take it that way. I do not automatically trust every minister, but I do respect the office and until they let me down my trust builds. In a perfect world everyone trust 'men of God' but there have been too many bad stories and things that have happened.
It is not an easy thing to move passed. Once you or I develop an idea or ideal about something it is tough to produce a change. I promise you that if you would become willing to trust again that God will give you someone that you can trust explictly. I know that God can also restore trust, but first we must submit to forgiving and trying to trust. That is how I see it.