It's been hard, but we have made the decision that it is time for our family to move on. For me, it was the same for 33 years. I attended the same church from the day I was born until very recently. Just typing those words are painful for me. There was a sense of loyalty that both my husband and I felt to the place and the people who supported us for so long. But, even with all of that considered, it was time.
I will not go into why we felt we should leave. For those of you who went to church with us there, we love you!! It was NOT you! Our faith was being stretched and we heard the whisper that moved us along.
I do want to share the message we heard at the church we have been visiting the past few weeks. I was in tears. (I know, what's new, right?! I know what you are thinking- she seems to cry at the drop of a hat these days! No, I'm not pregnant.) It's long. Almost 40 minutes, I think, but I urge you to go and listen or watch. You can do that here. Just click on "one. not everyone.".
I pray that this year my family is able to see our "one".
In Him,
E
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We did the same thing this year and it was sooo hard to leave but we know now why God had us leave.
Not sure what your story is but we have experienced the same thing. I'll try to make this short. We moved to a small town after living in a big city and my husband took a police chief position after working his way up the ladder for over 20 yrs of law enforcement. We went to a new church about 20 minutes away in this new small town and loved it. We decided to try a church in our city for about 6 months. It was nice for a little while, we did bible studies and became godd friends with a lot of people. It became more of a distraction with Dave's job and 30% of the congregation he dealt with involved police contact. Not just tickets either. It became clicky and gossipy so we prayed about it and decided to leave. Another thing was they did not let us talk about our adoption or anything of the sort. So we went back to our old church and it has been wonderful. Lots of support and people. But on the other end, we lost all of our friends from the old church. We(as a family) used to do coffee, game nights and girls night outs...all done since we left there. It's like we fell off the face of the earth. IT has been 5 months and it is just getting better now. We see everyone everywhere in this small town so that is tough, but God is getting us through this. I am praying for you all and this next step. It sucks and is hard. I am a follower of your blog and love it. Lifting you all up!
Love
Jill
www.campfunk.blogspot.com
funk50@charter.net
Thanks for passing on the wisdom. It's inspiring to be free of the burden of the "everyone".
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