Featured Widows

If you have never experienced being a parent less child or a mother desperately struggling to raise a child (who has issues over having lost a parent) you can never completely know or hope to understand. Empathy for the grieving is best expressed in displays of kindness (Pastor Durant understands well--maybe because he has gone through his own heartaches & well understands the blessings of compassion, care & concern) ..... so in the end , its who you are in Christ that matters.....and that will carry on into eternity.

 

Brother.......Yes I was bitter, and I was very rebellious, because I didn't know God, not in all His forms. I also don't put my faith in church, I put my faith & trust in God the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit. You see, They save....not churches.

 

Some churches are better than others.....however I have learned not to depend on anyone and that includes churches.

 

When my mother was ill and dying...NOT A SINGLE person from the church she attended for over 30 years ever offered us ANY help at all. They would come visit and criticize me for "not doing enough"...yet did any of these ladies ever offer to come over and help? NOPE! They would heap condemnation on me for the house not being clean enough, for mother not being bathed often enough, etc. They could see that I was burning the candle at both ends, a full-time job, a husband who was ill, being foster parents to our granddaughters who were under the age of 5, a son in the Army, yet would do nothing more than gossip. I ended up telling them all off at her funeral.

Depending on the church for anything is ridiculous...it ain't gonna happen unless you've regularly written them fat checks.

 

I am not sure the fat checks will help when you are no longer in a position to write tem. (Assuming you are in that type church)

 

We are not in that sort of church. Yes, giving is necessary for things like keeping the lights on...but our church is more concerned with the people around us, both saved and unsaved. Our congregation has pledged about 450K for missions worldwide this year. We also have a ministry called "second mile"...there's a story in the bible where Jesus says something about not just going one mile but go two. That ministry goes into some of the poorer apartment complexes in our town and actively evangelizes along with trying to help supply needs...food. clothing, medical care (we partner with a clinic here in town). 2 of our pastors are also chaplains for both the police and fire departments (county and city). There was a fire at one of those apartment complexes and within 48 hours, our church members had donated everything from clothes to toys to furniture for the displaced families. We're not the biggest church in town (we have 3 "megachurches" here), we're definitely not the wealthiest, but we give everything we can to cover people's needs.