I've Seen It Before...Now Once More

[Ferd]

I hesitate to even tell this… after so many years it remains an open wound.

I guess it has been nearly 13 years.

Just after my dear sweet wife and I married, the church we both grew up in split. Her family compromised leadership of one side of the split, my father was the leader of the board that stood behind the pastor.

For those that have gone thru such an event, I don’t need to continue.

Hard does no justice to this journey. By the Grace of God, we as a couple have remained on the same page, and while having taken a stand firmly behind the right way of doing things, we have suffered for it.

Words like “ well if I die, I don’t even want them to tell you because I don’t want you to have to come to our church!”

“you support liars!”

And all manner of things that I just cannot bring my self to say.

Splits of this nature tear at the fabric of a family! People justify their actions with some kind of “righteous indignation” that in reality is a stench in the nostrils of God.

By prayer and the blessings of God we maintain relationships with those who chose a course we deemed wrong, but only because of deep sincere desire to maintain those relationships, in spite of, and in the face of constant pressure to accept the unacceptable.

I cry for all of those who will be hurt by this. There will be many and it will be ugly.

I am sure those leaving will say they have been hurt too. God knows that is true. God knows the rest of us don’t want you to violate your convictions. At the end of the day, everyone will claim to be “right”. Everyone will claim they have been “validated” by the Spirit of God.
Everyone will stand with righteous indignation when challenged by those they oppose. And the hurt will continue until all the players are dead and in the grave.

And it will all be done in the Name of God.