Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Goodness..
James White
Now someone thinks James Whites thinks he is god? Will the wonders of this blogread never stop? Even the big boys get called out in Christ like fashion!
I am feeling a little dizzy.
James White
Now someone thinks James Whites thinks he is god? Will the wonders of this blogread never stop? Even the big boys get called out in Christ like fashion!
I am feeling a little dizzy.
At the time of this occurrence I had a feeling of discomfort but couldn't place my finger on what was wrong. I have now concluded the reason for the feelings.
Many Christian families home school. They do not agree with the public teachings and therefore pull their kids from the system. I wonder do they know what their churches could be teaching their children? Have they visited their Sunday Schools? Have they sat in on their Children Churches?
I have no kids at home so this question is not for me. A couple of years back I did have the opportunity to sit in on a Childrens Church. I was working their web page at the time and was sitting in to take pictures for their page.
The service was cute and the worship was outstanding. I laughed and got many cute shots of the children raising their hands in worship and going through motions with little songs and what not.
The uneasy feeling I got was during the offering and this is what bothered me.
The children were asked to line up in boys verses girls. It was a competition to see which "group" would bring in the largest offering. The winning group were able to pick from a small array of Cracker Jack type toys.
It bothered me somewhat but I couldn't finger the problem at the time. I now understand that the incident was a subtle teaching of division as opposed to unity. This teaching, in my opinion, is one of the worse type of division as it was gender related. In a spiritual light the entire church is female with Christ as male and head.
If I had fingered the problem at the time I probably would have said something in my outspoken ways. I guess the Lord wanted me to keep my mouth shut or I am sure I would have picked up on it a little better. He certainly needs no help keeping His church in line. I no longer attend that church so I don't know if they still engage in teaching gender division and competition.
The point of this post however is to ask do you really know what your church is teaching your child? Maybe it would be a good idea to sit in on your Sunday School.
It may seem a little thing and I know the Lord uses all things toward good, so perhaps that good is His giving me the opportunity to see and reflect.
Division is opposite the unity found in Christ. While He does bring about division, that division is between His church and the world...not between genders within.
There is a wonderful post about creativity and our trend of holding back our childrens creativity at The Happy Husband
The questions to reflect are as follows I will try to answer for myself here...
How do you define "artist"? Creative bohemian in 70's gear
Write three words or phrases that describe how you feel when you’re being artistic (or when you used to be artistic).Free, joyful, relieved
Write three words or phrases that describe how you feel when you’re engaged in activities that don’t involve creativity. Bored,tired, repetitive, systematic
What do your answers to the previous two questions say about how you view these two sides of yourself? I am artistic in heart but perhaps leaning toward restricting it. Our kids are all grown so I have no one to restrict but myself..lol.
Celebrating our anniversary today. 6 years isn't long but it has been the best 6 years of my life.
Sometimes when we are hurt, mistreated, and judge wrongly we will have to muddle through some feelings to come out toward the light at the end of the tunnel.
The Lord however is our healer and does give us the ability to forgive, forget and move on.
I never feel one has to stay in an abusive situation if the Lord has given you access out.
Once you get through to the forgiveness don't look back but pray for those that hurt you and move on for the moment.
It is not always easy to leave abuse but the key is whether the Lord has given you the freedom to do so...Some abuse is not so easy to leave.
I have found..... If you do have the freedom to move on, do so.
Funny how the Lord never tells us we won't have problems, but does promise to never leave nor forsake us and to be with us through problems.
He is our victory over problems. When we keep our eyes on Him and not the problem we have a more sure footing toward that victory.
