Spiritual Guidance

Fri, April 30, 2010
“Dilen was taken from us because God was trying to send us a message that we needed to start going to church.”
“Sometimes tragedies end up being the best things for us.”
No, I’m not saying these things. I don’t believe these things. A pastor who’s been trying to get us to attend his church came by the other day and bestowed these wonderful sentiments on us. He feels when we are born again and develop a relationship with God ….(I don’t know what he said, I tuned him out after that) I was relieved when my 3 yr old handed me trash, it gave me an excuse to leave my poor husband alone with him without being rude. This man , who obviously doesn’t have an ‘edit’ button, had no regard for our feelings and I’m worried about being rude to him.
How does he know I don’t have a relationship with God and that I need ‘saving’? Who is he to say that I’m required to attend a man-made building to prove it?
I admit it, I’ve been bargaining with God the past few weeks. “ Just give me a sign, what do You want me to do, I’ll do it. Do You want our family to start going to church? Just tell me which one.” This is the conversation I’ve been having, just had, the other night. This insensitive Pastor showing up showed me where I wasn’t supposed to go. My oldest was going to their Youth Night and attended Sunday School, now I don’t feel comfortable with him going. We need to find a place we all feel comfortable attending as a family, and I’ll never go there.