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Originally Posted by Michael Phelps
Understood, and your friendship with BP is admirable. But, don't forget, true friendship does not enable wrong behavior. True friendship corrects gently.
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Amen. But what do we mean by "gentle correction"?
I believe Bro. Price has some deep emotional issues that the church has failed to address.
I've recently had some marriage problems and felt led to go to a secular counselor. I've discovered that I've suffered from a degree of PTSD and many of my emotional "ups" and "downs" are linked to some of the trauma I've experienced combined with the ongoing, and unsuccessful, "struggle" for wholeness and healing in the church. We often treat those who need help like, "Hey, what's wrong with you, you've got a problem! You need to just get right." Sometimes it's more difficult than that. Many who have had "serious" problems be they marital, emotional, or psychological have turned to the church only to have the church offer "correction", "prayer", or to watch in horror as the very men they turned to black listed them from ministry because, "That brother has
problems."
I pray for Bro. Price, that he experiences peace and wholeness. It saddens me that we fail so many because of our "backwoods" mentality. I remember trying to explain this to a pastor and he looked me straight in the eye and said, "We DON'T need any SENSITIVITY training." Well....I respectfully disagree.
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