I cry like that, Phil. But, I suppose that is different, some are
probably thinking. After all, I am a woman. I ask anyone, what the
freaking difference that makes.
When GOD squeezes your heart, the juice comes out your eyes, is a
beautiful little truth in and of itself. I respect and am very proud
of men that can cry. In my humble opinion, these are the real men of
this planet.
IN HIS MATCHLESS NAME,
purple Mari
At 02:13 PM 5/30/2007, you wrote:
>Rhonda,
>
>You, unfortunately, made the same mistake I have made more than once in
>churches I attended. I tried letting people know who I really was, and got
>burned every single time. One time, the pastor's wife, where I had been for
>13 years, where I had preached, and where I served the Lord, lied about me.
>How do you think I was going to go about convincing her husband, the pastor,
>that his wife was a bold faced, bare faced, liar? That's right. I
>couldn't. She lied about me, regardless, and that was the third time I let
>this pastor into my life intimately in a spiritual sense. One day, while on
>my knees praying about all of this, and crying my artificial eyes out, I
>realized that three strikes and you are out. I wrote that pastor off. I
>still love him to this day. He is 86 years old and pastoring a new church
>he started 25 miles south of Denver. I learned more from him than anyone.
>I'd do anything he asked me to do. I admire him nearly above any man of God
>I know but he will never be my pastor again. this is why we call our little
>church, Safe Place Fellowship. On Friday nights, and Sunday mornings, I
>encourage people to speak about exactly how they feel and I don't care what
>it is. No, you can't do this in a meeting of 3 or 4 hundred people as
>easily, of course, but that is what home groups are for. If we are that
>large some day, we will still have home groups every night of the week in
>various parts of the city for that very reason, to create a Safe Place for
>people. No, I am not talking about therapeutic sensitivity group meetings.
>There is only one problem with this. I keep forgetting I have to be honest
>and reveal my feelings, too. That's very difficult to do when people
>consider you the shepherd. Fortunately, I cry easily and it is hard being
>proud when you cry. I used to hate how easily I cried in front of others
>and about the simplest of things, too, until God said, Jeremiah was known as
>the weeping prophet. I figured if Jeremiah could be a thumb sucker and God
>used him mightily, that was good enough for me. Besides, as Lester Rolloff
>used to say, when God squeezes your heart, the juice comes out your eyes.
>
>Phil.
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