seekeroftruth
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Matthew 26:31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written:
“‘I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
32 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”
33 Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”
34 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”
35 But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.
I thought I could stick with God no matter what. I thought, back when I was new, 12 or 13 years old, that I would always put Jesus first. We moved. Daddy got orders to go to Norfolk. We had to move from Gales Ferry to Virginia Beach. The church was different... but eventually we found one.
A couple years later, I went to work, and I worked on Sunday. After all, the adults worked all week and took the weekend off. The new kid could handle the Sunday crowd.
A couple years after that, I went to work at NSA. I commuted all week from Baltimore to Fort Meade and back. I "rested" on Sunday. That was my one real day off.
Then I got married and ex-hubby wasn't into church.
Then I got kids.... two girls and a boy. By the time I had the third baby I was back in the church, teaching Sunday School. Ex-hubby didn't have to be into church.... but I did. I needed it.
The rest of the story is worse, but in the end, it was Jesus that kept the kids and me safe. Oh, we had bumps. But the kids know who Jesus is. Oh, we had bumps. But all these decades later, here I am posting those Bible verses on the computer.
I haven't been inside a brick-and-mortar church in years. The last time I went to church was out here in Arizona. They wear their guns to church! They don't allow single women to "just show up".... Either bring your husband or a friend but don't show up alone. Our men are not to be distracted.
I've seen Bibles collected and burned because they are not KJV. I've seen preachers lie to us from the pulpit. One preacher, recorded for television, stood at the pulpit and said "I hate you" three times.... and gave the reasons. The people just nodded and agreed as if he was telling them the sun shines. I called him on it, it was even available for playback, and he denied it. I've seen people thrown out of church because they have mental health problems. I've heard reports of preachers and priests sexually abusing women and children in the church. Of course, they will deny it. AND.... now they are throwing people out of the church over a piece of fabric and some elastic.
But we claim to be so Christian!
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