Did I do the right thing?

[Galilee63]

Jesus God The Holy Spirit and Mother Mary and all of Gods Holy Angels Holy Saints and Holy Martyrs Holy Souls in Heaven work and flow through Jesus Followers His Apostolates those whom love Him Trust Him Adore Him are grateful to Jesus whom Feel and are Sorrowful wanting to cease hurts inflicted upon Him and care for Others and their salvation in our Lord Jesus

We are all given different Holy Tasks by Jesus God and The Holy Spirit and through Mother Mary

When we fail to act we are in fact accountable for a great number of souls and for their salvation therefore people here on this thread whom have disagreed with my sister in Christs actions through Jesus and The Holy Spirit and Mother Mary are not walking in Jesus Righteousness sorry you may be doing it in other ways but not all the ways of Jesus

All Christians are supposed to be reading living breathing and acting in Gods Holy Word and that includes spreading Gods Holy Word and of course correcting people peacefully from our hearts in love and compassion their wrongs and guiding them through Jesus God The Holy Spirit and Mother Mary

 

[S.O.J.I.A.]

good job, well played!

work on that anger though please..

 

[Galilee63]

i would have done the same thing within my relationship with Jesus God The Holy Spirit and in Mother Mary feeling upset that Jesus representatives in public appearing to be Christians in prayer had acted dreadfully in nasty gossip about others loudly in a public eating place while Polly and other Christians are apostolates of our Lord Jesus trying to promote Christianity for Jesus God and for soul salvation

I hear people in public blaspheming here continually as a result of social media socialising regularly monkey hear monkey do the internet stuff the music television movies containing blasphemy of which God does not tolerate and we are accountable

I literally cringe and say from my heart to Jesus The Holy Spirit and to Mother Mary Please Dear Lord Jesus please have mercy upon this soul they know not what they are doing and I pray for their conversion and salvation directly afterwards and I say to that person don't blaspheme we must never blaspheme

A guy blasphemed continually the other night at a servo and I said I love Jesus and have a relationship with Him in Him please doooonnntt blaspheme His Name Holy Name

He was smart and said no wonder you drive that particular vehicle they are all Mad

I laughed with him and said Yep to make him feel better

We are either With Jesus OR against Jesus there is no grey in between sorry folks

Offer up our sufferings to Jesus in humility when pulling up people souls in Jesus Holy Spirit and His Righteousness becomes tough going. Painful hurtful or embarrassing these are some Treasures stored in Gods Holy Will for judgement time hopefully for Heaven down the track despite Holy Purgatory for many again in our Lord Jesus Holy Will

 

[miknik5]

It wasn't about me accomplishing anything. I wanted to point them to Christ, and leave it at that.
I felt that if I had stayed and interacted, it would have drawn attention to me and how I felt, and then they would apologize to me, to make me feel better... and all that wasn't the point.

The point was that I felt God wanted to say something to them.
So I tried to say it in the least "me" way, without getting in their faces and making a fight out of it.

I admit, I don't know it all. I'm a work in progress. Maybe I didn't get it exactly right here.
But it wasn't about me.
It was about my Lord, and how they were misrepresenting Him to the public.

I think I got accomplished what God sent me to do.
I pointed them to Him, and subtracted myself from the equation.
Today, they can go to church and God will draw them to Himself closer.
Maybe that note was part of the equation for them.

Yes, I have prayed for myself... I was careful to do that before writing the note.
And I have prayed for them since.

You reminded them of HIM, correct?

They know HIM but forgot, because of HIM they are accountable to HIM as a witness of HIM before all men...

And their behavior was not really a good witness to this...

That hopefully is what they got from your note/memo

They may have made you the topic of the remainder of their luncheon, but prayerfully, maybe they did see the clear truth in your observation and will possibly make the necessary change ...

 

[pshun2404]

Today, I stopped for a burger, and decided to sit down to eat. I don't usually, but this time, I felt like celebrating. I had just deposited a very nice paycheck in my bank account.

So, I ordered and sat in a booth...
Right behind me sat 3 ladies, waiting for their food.
I couldn't help but hear everything they talked about.

Who they were discussing, I did not know, but everything they said was cutting and mean.
Then they mentioned another name, and the conversation continued to slice and dice people down to size.

When their food came, They said a few choice words among themselves about the ineptness of this establishment's management.

Suddenly, they all bowed their heads, and the most beautiful prayer thanking the Lord for the food, and asking blessings and giving thanks for all things in the Name of Jesus... it flowed over my soul like a balm.

"Amen" they all chorused.
And immediately, their tongues got back to the negative gossip.

I finished my food... and felt I could not leave without saying something to them. But I didn't want to make a scene. I mean, they could get very angry, and how would that serve Christ?

So I prayed, and suddenly felt maybe a note would work.

So... this is what I wrote on a small note paper, and gave it to them as I went out:

"The prayer I heard from your booth blessed me! I enjoyed hearing it so much!
But I can't say the same about the rest of your conversation.
If I were an unbeliever, the witness of your prayer would have been erased by the witness of your negative gossip.
- Because I love Jesus."

I signed my first name, got up, stopped by their table and said, "Hello, Ladies" with a smile... handed them the note... and scooted.

Do you think I did the right thing?
(I'm really doubting myself now, because I'm usually more gifted with succinctly speaking the truth, than with social grace.)

Amen! You did. And if God be willing maybe that seed will grow in one or more of them while those in whom it will not spoke harshly of you as soon as you left.

The thing is people can call themselves a Christian (or Jew or Muslim or Buddhist) and not be one. The Bible tells us in Romans 8:9 that ONLY those that have the Spirit of Christ in them are His real children. We can plainly see from your telling that they do NOT have the Spirit in them (but perhaps one or two do and are still being grown up...maybe your making them look in the mirror may help).

This after all is the point of the parable of the tares and the wheat and the story of the 10 virgins. They are all IN the church doing churchy things and allegedly awaiting the bridegroom BUT only 5 are ready. Only five have had their lamps filled with oil (the Spirit) and their wicks have been trimmed (adjusting their behaviors in yeilding to the Spirit and in expectation of the glory to come)....the other five (members of the churchianity club) not only do not show transformation of character or that they have the Spirit but more insultingly they try to buy these things at the last moment...but what did Christ say to them when they tried to come to Him when He actually arrived?

I NEVER knew you. NEVER....They were NEVER saved...oh they followed repeating the prearranged sinners prayer with their lips, maybe even took a bath, or drank the wine and ate the bread...but as Jesus said:

YOU SHALL KNOW THEN BY THEIR FRUITS....

Now I am not condemning these ladies they might still be babies, but you are right on...these behaviors would cancel the witness of their prayer. So pray for them as I just did that the Lord (if He be willing) would find some good ground amidst the stony hearts and thorns and thistles so that you seed may tale root.

Good job Sis, I for one am proud of you.

 

[GabrielTheWorshipper]

Today, I stopped for a burger, and decided to sit down to eat. I don't usually, but this time, I felt like celebrating. I had just deposited a very nice paycheck in my bank account.

So, I ordered and sat in a booth...
Right behind me sat 3 ladies, waiting for their food.
I couldn't help but hear everything they talked about.

Who they were discussing, I did not know, but everything they said was cutting and mean.
Then they mentioned another name, and the conversation continued to slice and dice people down to size.

When their food came, They said a few choice words among themselves about the ineptness of this establishment's management.

Suddenly, they all bowed their heads, and the most beautiful prayer thanking the Lord for the food, and asking blessings and giving thanks for all things in the Name of Jesus... it flowed over my soul like a balm.

"Amen" they all chorused.
And immediately, their tongues got back to the negative gossip.

I finished my food... and felt I could not leave without saying something to them. But I didn't want to make a scene. I mean, they could get very angry, and how would that serve Christ?

So I prayed, and suddenly felt maybe a note would work.

So... this is what I wrote on a small note paper, and gave it to them as I went out:

"The prayer I heard from your booth blessed me! I enjoyed hearing it so much!
But I can't say the same about the rest of your conversation.
If I were an unbeliever, the witness of your prayer would have been erased by the witness of your negative gossip.
- Because I love Jesus."

I signed my first name, got up, stopped by their table and said, "Hello, Ladies" with a smile... handed them the note... and scooted.

Do you think I did the right thing?
(I'm really doubting myself now, because I'm usually more gifted with succinctly speaking the truth, than with social grace.)

Sounds to me like you did a really great thing! I have also heard conversations around me where people have the wrong focus and it sure isn't how believers should be talking.

 

[AFrazier]

<staff edit>

She did the right thing. What she did defended ME. It's not their own selves they are defaming with their horrendous behavior, but Christians everywhere. I don't care if we are welcome in their private conversation or not. If they are making me, as a Christian, look bad by talking inappropriately so loudly that I can overhear, as can other people, then as far as I'm concerned, not only does another Christian have the right and authority to say, "hey, would you mind knocking it off? You're making all Christians look bad," but we also have a DUTY to do so. How we do it depends on the moment, the circumstance, the people we have to confront, and who else might be listening. But make no mistake, it's scriptural to rebuke someone who is doing something like that.

If they don't want someone to intrude on their conversation, then maybe they should avoid having their conversation intrude on someone else's peace.

 

[Runswithdogs]

I think its human nature to second guess ones self. It dosent mean we were wrong in our actions. And it dosent matter what it was you did, there will ALWAYS be people that disagree with it.
What matters is what God thinks & if you've prayed and ask his opinion then that's the only opinion that matters. At the end of they day only he knows what the results of your action really are. And they may be much farther reaching than you could even imagine.

 

[Strong in Him]

<staff edit>
a) She's not angry.
b) She didn't ask for anyone's help. There was a situation; Polly responded, with God's help.

It's over, done with.
All Polly said was "I'm doubting myself; did I do the right thing?" Even if the answer from this forum was unanimously "no" - it's still done and over with.

 

[Blade]

PollyJetix, as of right now 17 pages. Of people that were not there and only heard your side. And how many know you? Sis..you dont answer to man. You answer to your Father. And we do as the sweet sweet Holy Spirit leads.

As you read on the 1st page alone, look what some spoke. Sis ..you answer to your Father. Did YOU do what He wanted? Then praise GOD GLORY TO JESUS!

To many times.. wow.. well its like this boldness comes.. and the we speak.. and its always for the good...to help.. to point to Christ. And then after.. its like OMYGOSH! What did I just do..why did I do that!

It was not you.. it was HIM! So... why ask MAN what they think? Ask your Father... it will bring a smile to your face

 

[miknik5]

<staff edit>
And what was HIS PURPOSE in all things but to bring good from a passing and temporary rebuke

Polly is okay
It was these ladies who needed the discipline

And HIS discipline is for a GOOD purpose

 

[FoundInGrace]

<staff edit>

I've been really surprised by the responses you've gotten on a "Christian" forum as well. Some responses are bizarre to be honest.
You did good. Many believers here can see that and we're proud of you. Be encouraged ☺ being persecuted for doing good... that's what's happening..

 

[AFrazier]

Wow. so... since I confronted them in a very private way, and then asked other Christians if I handled it correctly...

Now, suddenly, I see that you know my heart, as if you were God... that I am just as evil as they were.
If not worse.
Oh, the sins I am guilty of!
I look in the mirror, and ask, "Lord, is that true about me?"

And I wait for His voice...
He's not displeased with me. Not about this issue...
Oh, I know what it feels like to hear His rebuke.
But this time, He's not rebuking me.

But, of course, I learned something from this whole thing.
Never again will I ask an open forum of "Christians" if I did the right thing, in privately confronting someone bringing shame on the Name of Christ.

I wasn't asking for your praise or condemnation. I was asking for simple insight.
And I have gained insight from this interaction.
Thank you--even those of you who disagree. I have learned many things from you.

It doesn't matter what you think of me.
I know God knows my heart. And that's all that matters.

Don't stress over it. I once asked the forum community for help coming up with a clever book title for a book on salvation. Within two pages, the thread was hijacked by several inconsiderate people who felt they needed to school me on how salvation works. And without even knowing the content of the book, or my positions, one of them even had the gumption to tell me that I shouldn't write the book. lol.

All I can say is that the body of Christ is made up of a whole bunch of parts. In the case of some people, we know what part that is.

 

[FoundInGrace]

Don't stress over it. I once asked the forum community for help coming up with a clever book title for a book on salvation. Within two pages, the thread was hijacked by several inconsiderate people who felt they needed to school me on how salvation works. And without even knowing the content of the book, or my positions, one of them even had the gumption to tell me that I shouldn't write the book. lol.

All I can say is that the body of Christ is made up of a whole bunch of parts. In the case of some people, we know what part that it.

Love this post

 

[AFrazier]

Love this post

 

[Foxfyre]

Today, I stopped for a burger, and decided to sit down to eat. I don't usually, but this time, I felt like celebrating. I had just deposited a very nice paycheck in my bank account.

So, I ordered and sat in a booth...
Right behind me sat 3 ladies, waiting for their food.
I couldn't help but hear everything they talked about.

Who they were discussing, I did not know, but everything they said was cutting and mean.
Then they mentioned another name, and the conversation continued to slice and dice people down to size.

When their food came, They said a few choice words among themselves about the ineptness of this establishment's management.

Suddenly, they all bowed their heads, and the most beautiful prayer thanking the Lord for the food, and asking blessings and giving thanks for all things in the Name of Jesus... it flowed over my soul like a balm.

"Amen" they all chorused.
And immediately, their tongues got back to the negative gossip.

I finished my food... and felt I could not leave without saying something to them. But I didn't want to make a scene. I mean, they could get very angry, and how would that serve Christ?

So I prayed, and suddenly felt maybe a note would work.

So... this is what I wrote on a small note paper, and gave it to them as I went out:

"The prayer I heard from your booth blessed me! I enjoyed hearing it so much!
But I can't say the same about the rest of your conversation.
If I were an unbeliever, the witness of your prayer would have been erased by the witness of your negative gossip.
- Because I love Jesus."

I signed my first name, got up, stopped by their table and said, "Hello, Ladies" with a smile... handed them the note... and scooted.

Do you think I did the right thing?
(I'm really doubting myself now, because I'm usually more gifted with succinctly speaking the truth, than with social grace.)

Polly, I think you behaved in an exemplary manner under the circumstances. As a Christian I am horrified at times by hearing people I work with, worship with, are neighbors to, are friends with hold up Jesus and the Church as important in their lives, the way we should all live, who quote doctrine and Bible eloquently, etc. . .

and then. . .

I hear the most cruel, judgmental, and sometimes hateful words from the same people about each other, about others, about our President whomever he might be, etc. etc.

Do they not see the dichotomy? And how it would be a detriment to those seeking Christ or the new Christian trying to find his/her spiritual legs?

All we can do is be a good example ourselves and, when warranted, speak out against such hypocrisy. You did that in the least offensive and kindest way it could be done. Chances are those people really bad mouthed you, but maybe one or more will also think about it next time. We can only hope.

 

[FreeinChrist]

MOD HAT

Folks, there is some flaming in this thread and it needs to stop now.

 

[FreeinChrist]

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That is enough.

This is closed.

 

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