So I got to see an old friend of mine… I had heard and then confirmed that another friend of mine was getting divorced. 🙁 So I wanted to show up and see him to give him support…
What made me madder than anything was how his church, of all places and people, excommunicated him for it! 😡 WTF?! Excuse my language but I am mad as hell… church was made to be a place for people who are broken to come and be healed and made whole again before God! So Christians can forgive murderers but not dirvorced?! There’s a bit more to the story but that should not change the fact that it is especially for these times that the church should embrace both of the broken parties and work to heal the family…
Erg… I’m so freakin’ mad! We as church need to realize that just because we make a mistake should not end in being cut off from the body of Christ! For goodness’ sake… I’m just glad that my friend was taking it better… not hating these clueless people… or God. In fact, all things considered, he was doing well… but just couldn’t attend a church (physically) for now. Really. I hope we all strive to be more forgiving and receiving…
/Rant
Its reasons like these that I gave up on organized religion so many years ago…the rules and regulations such as this which dictate the lives of so many is something I just can’t understand. Surely, if there is a God, he does not want his children treated this way…
While I understand your point, one thing that everyone forgets is that we are “works in progress”. As much as sounding like a cliche, that is the truth.