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Is it so hard for churches to be real places where people can be honest about the problems they are facing, get the help they are seeking.
I started attending a new church, got talking to a lady who had been through similar problems to me, and she introduced me to the pastor (female) who told me "when you are ready to work on that stuff, come and see me"
After almost another year in emotional/spirititual tetraplegia, I decided that it was time to start working on those issues and start walking in the freedom and victory christians alledge that God has planned for me.
About 6 weeks ago, i sent a "hey, its me, could we please arrange a meet"
No response.
Decided perhaps that maybe I needed to be a bit more specific, so decided against sense that i would open up abit about the stuff I was needing to deal with. Duh me. That was about three weeks ago. Still no response.
Sure, I can understand that I have the sort of issues that would send most 'nice' christians running screaming in the oppisate directions. Humanity doesnt bother me, and even if the pastor had come back with a 'hey, this is outside my area of expertise, if its ok, we can work through this together' it would have been cool
Back to my cocoon of emotional/spiritual tetraplegia.
If we as a 'church' could learn to be real, really really real. I think it would set the world on fire.
word of warning. I am seriously fragile right now. I do not want to hear about how if I just had some more faith, then things would be a ok, and will request the thread to be closed.
I am not posting this as a pity party, more as a hope, because I dont think this is an isolated issue and I am hoping this may provide a venue for other similarly affected people
I started attending a new church, got talking to a lady who had been through similar problems to me, and she introduced me to the pastor (female) who told me "when you are ready to work on that stuff, come and see me"
After almost another year in emotional/spirititual tetraplegia, I decided that it was time to start working on those issues and start walking in the freedom and victory christians alledge that God has planned for me.
About 6 weeks ago, i sent a "hey, its me, could we please arrange a meet"
No response.
Decided perhaps that maybe I needed to be a bit more specific, so decided against sense that i would open up abit about the stuff I was needing to deal with. Duh me. That was about three weeks ago. Still no response.
Sure, I can understand that I have the sort of issues that would send most 'nice' christians running screaming in the oppisate directions. Humanity doesnt bother me, and even if the pastor had come back with a 'hey, this is outside my area of expertise, if its ok, we can work through this together' it would have been cool
Back to my cocoon of emotional/spiritual tetraplegia.
If we as a 'church' could learn to be real, really really real. I think it would set the world on fire.
word of warning. I am seriously fragile right now. I do not want to hear about how if I just had some more faith, then things would be a ok, and will request the thread to be closed.
I am not posting this as a pity party, more as a hope, because I dont think this is an isolated issue and I am hoping this may provide a venue for other similarly affected people