In the sermon yesterday our pastor said, "If you are brave enough ask your family, 'what am I like to live with?'"
No, I have not been brave enough to ask. Partly because of what I may hear and partly they may ask me what they are like to live with.
What Am I Like To Live With?
Discussion in 'Other Discussions' started by Crabtownboy, Sep 14, 2009.
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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I live alone so there is no one to ask. This is the kind of question that would make single people (unmarried, widows, widowers, divorced people alone) feel left out. If a whole sermon was based on this, it might really depress some people.
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Thinkingstuff Active Member
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My sister lives overseas (she's a missionary) and my son lives nearby, but not with me.
One of the things I found as a new believer and single parent was the church is very family oriented and a lot of people are left out. Couples usually invited couples over for things (not singles) and families with children do things with other families. I realize this is all natural, but I do think people in the church should be sensitive to those who do not fit these categories.
I am not envious. I merely made a factual observation that is common among many like me in the church. -
I need to add - and this is a sad commentary on the church - that the New Age community is often closer with each other than people in the church. I hear this a lot from new believers coming out of the New Age.
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I am single. I have never been married.
I can honestly say that I have never been knowledgably "not invited" because of my "singlehood."
A lot of people I know feel some of what Marcia is saying, but I can't honestly say that I feel that way. Now, currently I have been visiting and helping with a "new to me" church, and at best it has been difficult "breaking into the circles." I would "blame" that on several things..... one, that I have a tendency to be shy, and I have not known anyone in this church....but they have still been gracious...two, I can only go every other week because of my work schedule (that is more of the problem, but it is an excuse) ....... three....pain from a hurtful situation in a previous church.
But from me being single? Heck no. I am more happy being single that many are being married, and life is a joy that way. People don't discount me for being single. They are just jealous. -
Thinkingstuff Active Member
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Now, having said that, "What am I like to live with?"
It is probably good that I am single. Bwahahahahaha. -
I was single into my mid thirties and never had a problem being invited out to dinners and such. I had no plans to marry, but I was too busy with church work and perhaps it is different for a pastor.
I did have a few people who tried to link me up with single ladies. but I never dated ladies in my own church. I once took a sixteen year old girl to a performance of Messiah, but I invited her through her parents.
I was also engrossed in post-grad studies and they were more important than women. Guess I was too busy for the "love" thingy.
Cheers,
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And some sermons depress everyone!!!!
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Thinkingstuff Active Member
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JohnDeereFan Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
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I hear that I'm a peach to live with. Sometimes I'm a real peach.
That's a good thing, right? RIGHT?
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Crabtownboy Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
Have you asked your loved one what you are like to live with? -
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So nobody gets called a bigot at your home. Why do you do it here ?
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I hear that I'm a peach to live with. Sometimes I'm a real peach.
That's a good thing, right? RIGHT?
j/k
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That could be a little fuzzy, innit?
Cheers,
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Thinkingstuff Active Member
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JohnDeereFan Well-Known MemberSite Supporter
The only negative response is that my wife hates the way I put duct tape over the holes in my old shoes rather than throwing them out. She also thinks the way I turn my shirts inside out so they don't get dirty when I'm working is dumb.
Other than that, to know me is to love me. -
My husband says I'm a perfect angel to live with. . .
Always up in the air, harping about something!