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Originally Posted by ILG
Not sure where you're going with this PO. It's pretty simple to me. If someone comes on here and says everyone should think like them or they are bitter and need to take lessons from them, I don't respect that. End of story. I wasn't attacking Falla for her "by-gone days of beauty". I said they were good, fine and dandy and I was happy for her. What I am "attacking" (if you can call it that) is the arrogance that everyone should just respect their elders and listen to them and they would live happily ever after. That is simply not true.  |
I'm thinking that Sister Falla has had great people in her life that she has been able to respect, but her wisdom also makes me believe she also means to say that she puts merit in the words of
Exodus 14:14 "The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace."
The respect is for the "will" of God in our lives as we know that all things work together for good to them that love God and are
called according to His purpose.
From my point of view - I have experienced a great deal of pain in the church by leaders and saints. Heard people harp on outward dress and television to get a rise and a shout, BUT I knew that not ALL men and women were of this persona. I saw that they were not.
When men and women treated my husband and I ugly for standing for truth - I went to God and He spoke to me, encouraged me, and set my feet more firmly planted that He would lead and guide me into all truth and that I need not fear what man can do unto me.
As much as we want to rag out the "standards" preachers, God is still in the midst of these people and to some of us He says, "Stay where you are. I am building a church."
What can I do? Follow men or follow God?
So, in a nutshell, when Sis. Falla says to respect our elders, she is saying to hold your peace, follow after God, do His will and you will be blessed. Her words, IMO, are more far reaching and being misunderstood.
It seems, unless I am misunderstanding, there are people that feel they can make choices of where they will attend church and what they will believe because this is their right. When we become a servant of God, it is only His choice - as He knows the end from the beginning. When He builds us, molds us, makes us - we can't bail from situations - no matter how painful - we must honor Him, His Word and His will. We must not fight a carnal fight with those that are in leadership that oppose us. I learned that lesson the hard way! Part of these situations are what gives us wisdom and where we learn "sobriety" - which is the most important thing!
This is what I think Falla is talking about.
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