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I love how Mark Twain phrased it: “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” Mark Twain Click To Tweet 5. Yet it’s what far too many Christians withhold from one another. What are you hanging onto from a bad church experience that you need to let go of?įorgiveness is one of the most Christian things people can do. Too many people in the church or who walked away from the church carry unforgiveness and blame the church for it. Soon you’ll not want to hear someone’s name, let alone run into them in the supermarket. Get hurt (and yes, I’ve been hurt by people in the church too) and hang onto it long enough, and grudges will form. The church didn’t cause your unforgiveness The challenge in life is to see life for what it really is and keep your heart fully engaged. I want my heart to be alive and celebrating each day. And if anyone makes me cynical, it’s me…not you, not God, not culture, not the church. The biggest challenge in life is to see life for what it really is by keeping your heart fully engaged. You chose to believe certain things about people, about God, about life, and it built a crust around something that used to be alive and vibrant. I’ve heard many Christians say “I’m so cynical after working at/attending several churches.”Īnd for sure, any student of human nature can become cynical.īut the church didn’t make you cynical. For more on burnout, start with this post. Now, granted, I think ministry can be confusing, and I think it’s easier to burn out in ministry than in other vocations (for the reasons why that is, read this post).īut I’m responsible. You should see the demands people made on me as a pastor and leader!” As someone who has burned out while leading a church, it would be tempting for me to say “For sure…my church burned me out. You meet a lot of people in ministry, both paid and volunteer, who will tell you the church burned them out. Click To Tweet 2. The church didn’t burn you out The church can help you grow, but it's not responsible for your spiritual growth. Understand, the church can help, but it’s not responsible for your spiritual growth.
#ROAD OF SIN DON'T BLAME ME IF YOU DIE TONIGHT FREE#
I can offer them to God in free surrender whenever I want. And honestly, no one can keep me from growing because no one can actually control my thoughts, my heart and my mind. I came to the realization years ago that I’m responsible for my spiritual growth. Which makes you ask the question…is it really the church, or could it be them? Until I realized that we were this person’s fifth church in 6 years, and they didn’t grow at any of them. I’ve heard this so many times at one point I believed the logic. I went to X church for 2 years but I just didn’t grow there.
Most church leaders have heard this before from someone who’s new at your church. 1. The church didn’t stop you from growing spiritually So in the hopes of clarifying a few things and helping us all move through whatever hang-ups might be lingering, here are 5 things people blame their church for…but shouldn’t.
It’s another to hang on to them for far longer than you should, especially when you have a role in them that you refuse to see.
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Like me, maybe you’ve noticed that a lot of people feel justified in dismissing the church as anything between a complete disappointment and otherwise useless.ĭoubtless, people have been hurt in the church and hurt by the church, and for that, I feel terrible.īut it’s one thing to have a bad experience or a series of bad experiences. There’s a lot of church bashing that happens these days.
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