For those who want to know...RULES at my church!

[Michlow]

Originally Posted by Sarge

STS, while some do know better, others are caught up in a wrong mindset and truly believe they are doing what is right. These have no idea the damage they cause at the time.

If we stop to examine it, many of us who were involved in an unhealthy church did things ourselves to others that were wrong because we became a part of the environment. Many who leave not only have the harm they received to deal with, but also what they may have unknowingly done to others, too.

I think that is what helped me more than anything else to forgive all the people involved. The fact that I at my worst was self-righteous, judgemental, legalistic, controlling and just plain pushy. Most especially to my Mom and my husband. And my reasoning was very simple. I loved them, and I didn't want them to go to hell. And I somehow got it into my head, that I had some control over that.