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Originally Posted by JTULLOCK
As of today and for the past several months I haven't been in a UPC church. I know that the mode of operation is such that much doesn't really change in the UPC as a whole or at least changes don't happen quickly. I had a conversation with some UPC friends of mine last night and they told me that there still isn't much grace and love in the movement. This doesn't shock me since there wasn't much when I was in it. So my question is where did the grace and love go? Was it really ever there? Have we been a part of a bait-and-switch through the years? I am not trying to start a bash session, really I am not. I am curious because I have tons of friends and family still in the movement and it worries me that there isn't much grace or love in the movement, but they abound in judgement. Am I the only one that is feeling this?
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I don't know where I'd be if God did not answer prayers for me. Walking with Jesus is a very personal experience for me. Nobody has a monopoly on our Savior, I learned.
I was born again in a UPC Church that was very loving...or maybe it was the new and the love of Christ that I felt. It all fell apart when the church spilt over ...tithing and pastoring. Then the pastor committed adultery and that put everybody in a turmoil.
So I try to keep my eyes off people ... and what they say...what they do so that I am not side-tracked. It would be easy for me to be embittered by some of my UPC experiences, but I know that not all UPC members hurt people or put a microscope on other people's lives. Those who do are meddling in other people's lives. The bible speaks something about that subject.
I would only be hurting myself if I allowed what other people say to embed their words into my heart.
Above all...I must make it to heaven regardless of what anybody throws my way.
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