No its not the title of a new reality show on cable. Even though it could make some good small group viewing. Its another day of daily interaction between members of the same church. It involved my wife and I and our children. So I will try and be objective as possible. Of course Hazel and I am right in this case and that is probably where the problem originates. We had a little disagreement with our church daycare about the billing statement we received for our children attending the daycare. Hazel became a little upset during the discussion because she felt she was told one thing earlier and then told another that day. After a few hugs and apologies we decided to settle the difference with this person. Unfortunately after we resolved the situation with one person we had to go deal with the director of the daycare. We did not have any disagreement with this person this day, but it involved some paper work that had to be changed. As we were doing the paper work with the director we were suddenly approached by the billing person and her boss with looks of despair and concern. We were asked "is everything is OK? and is there any problem?. We kind of just looked at them and said "what?" After several awkward minutes they left the room realising the situation is under control.
Hazel and I just kind of looked at each other wondering what was going on. Anyway this whole ordeal left us feeling like we were a couple of thug parents and we didn't like that feeling. We decided to call our pastor and have a discussion about what just happened. We met in his office and went through the details of the story with him and the head of church employees. After several minutes we found out that we have a history with the director of our daycare and they felt they needed to protect her from us. We kind of felt like the wagons had been circled and we were the bad people. We accepted our share of the responsibility and it was agreed that the whole situation was blown out of control. After several days of thinking about the experience I realised that we have to watch our actions even when were dealing with things like our children or money and that our passions might cause us to become a little unchristian in our actions. Even though we do not see it ourselves at the moment. Of course I had to go through our files to prove that we were right in our disagreement about the billing. Thank you Satan for that. We decided to let it rest and go on. It still just made us feel very uncomfortable with the people involved.
Hazel and I talked about it and we just decided that this was a wake up call for us to improve our lives and be better in our relationships with people. The following Sunday we got up for church and I said. I really do not feel like going to church today. We first decided to stay home. Then for some reason we decided we really needed to go to church today. We sat on the opposite side of church then we normally do. When we looked around we could see that we were surrounded by a lot of close friends and a couple of them sat right down next to us. The sermon that morning was about belonging and how the actions of individuals can make a really big difference of how they feel in a church. I just looked at Hazel and said "I think he is talking about us". After the service we prayed with some friends about the feelings we had and it seemed like a heavy burden was being lifted off from us. I think about that day constantly. I started this blog over two months ago. i never felt like I knew how to end it or even if I should write about it.
What happens when you have a group of christians trying to act like christians and failing? What happens when your part of the group? I guess I'm looking for some feedback
Sunday, February 7, 2010
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I just picked up a new book called Christian Atheism. Kind of hits the nail on the head.
ReplyDeleteChristian Atheism is a great book! Actually invoked me to action!
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