Ugh...

[Brother Mike]

This forum needs a 'old adults' section. There is no section for people like reba to talk about knitting, bowls, grandchildren, and share baking recipes.

Just Wow!!!!

I had to go on a Facebook break. I had been seeing a trend of "look how much I tithe, look how much I pray" type posting and decided to post a status about how the pharisee spirit is still alive today and we shouldn't use social network as a personal pedestal of self glory and exaltation.

I was basically told that I had a demon operating inside of me. Passive aggressive posting is not of God, it was said. The Spirit convicts in a way that doesn't hurt us, just reminds us.

Lately, Facebook has been full of stuff like this for me. And yesterday, after that, I was overwhelmed with the feeling that it is no longer beneficial for me, its detrimental to my spirit life... I spend too much time on it. I'd been watching trends evolve in the modern pentecostal church that unsettled me. Suddenly, everyone is a prophet. Everyone is an apostle. Everyone is declaring what God is doing "in this season." No one is struggling. I value transparency, and it would do me a lot better sometimes to hear from folks, "I'm struggling! I'm battle worn!" I'm so tired of masks. We all want the appearance of all is well.

Turned into a bit of a rant there, sorry about that lol.

If your battle worn, struggling, then your not in faith, and could be off God's path. Paul took lots of trouble everywhere he went, but He still said we are more than conquerers.

However, there is also scriptures that tell us to help those who are down, beat up, and need direction.

Even the geat Elijah cried like a sissy girl over some women who was after him....... "I am the only one God, sniff, sniff, It's just me left and they want to kill me, sniff, sniff."

Elijah was a power house for God and some girl scared him.

It happens to eveyone, (Execpt me of course )

I heard someone from my church tell me that people at my church don't feel as if they can talk to others about problems because they are told by those in charge they need to have more faith, stop speaking the problem and so on.

This means folks that need help, don't want to ask because it makes them look as if they don't have faith, or not as close to God.

The Awesome Chuch I go to, I heard this about and from more than one person.

I never noticed that others there feel that way. Now that I heard and have taken a closer look, I can see that is happening to people.

Not a good thing.

 

[Abigail123]

The idea of the number of close friends a person has originally came from a psychologist that studied it. I can't remember who it was anymore, a friend told me about it many years ago when he'd learned about it in a college class. The idea was that at the end of life if a person could count 5 people that were true close friends to them during their life, they should consider themself lucky. All the other people they knew in their lifetime were, at best, acquaintances and many were only there as long as they could gain something from the person.

I think what your friend with the homeless company is looking at is a person's ability and desire to look at the things of life in a realistic and analytical way in their own lives as well as the lives of others, searching below the surface for the deeper and more important reasons for the situations the people are in. Most people who do this, do it out of a desire to better those lives they are looking at and also tend to take on jobs that they can dedicate themselves to for more than just the immediate rewards of a paycheck. With her company's track record it seems it's working for her too!

I would have to agree, Obadiah. It takes time to establish deeper relationships with others and attempting to take on too many is unrealistic. The old saying people are in our lives for a season rings more true as I get older. Yet there remains the loyal ones.

You hit the nail on the head, if we can get paid for our passions, the fulfillment is more satisfying than any paycheck. When it's solely about the money, our focus turns on ourselves and then we're miserable. Loving and showing that love to others is what it's all about.
Bless you Obadiah.

 

[jasonc]

This forum needs a 'old adults' section. There is no section for people like reba to talk about knitting, bowls, grandchildren, and share baking recipes.

and the 50's and the 60's aka the good old days.