mikemarrs wrote:(Crazy)Dulce Lady wrote:mikemarrs wrote:well dave the thing is this pastor was persistant in getting us to go and we told him from the onset we weren't married among other things.so a few weeks down the line maybe his congregation had trouble with it or something but sort of did a 180 degree turn and changed his mind after my girlfriend made friends with people there and got into a routine of going.he was sort of an butthole about the whole matter but thats ok we got a new church and pastor that isn't so hung up on it as the other one.the issue i have is the church in question was told of our circumstances and then he decides it isn't right after he says it was ok.
move forward. don't look back.
Christianity is about a relationship. you and Him. let go of the others.
your right,i told my girlfriend the same thing earlier.
excellent.
Max Lucado talks about the stone sack. we tote around this napsack throughout our lives, strapped to our backs, and eveytime something (or someone) annoying happens, we toss a stone over our shoulder to put it in our sack. Pretty soon, we are weighted down with a load of care. why do we do this to ourselves? who knows. but the day I realized this, was a day of freedom for me. we can't change situations and we certainly can't change annoying people (or even get away from them sometimes). so why drag them around with us, everywhere we go, for years on end, weighting ourselves down unnecesessarily. sheesh. "Cast your cares upon Jesus. Look full in His wonderful face. and the things of earth will grow strangely dim., in the light of His glory and grace." (that's a song--I'm singing to you! hehe)
move forward. don't look back.