Hurt Feelings

A friend of mine was hurt by a fellow church member. And because of this she has decided to resign her duties in the church and worship else where. She has talked to me about this and plans on visiting my church, although we are of different faiths. I am struggling with her decision to turn her back her church, because of this one person.

I keep asking myself what would Jesus do, and is this what God wants her to do. I myself have done the same thing. There was a time that I chose to worship in a different church, much for the same reason. Was I wrong in doing this? I do not know, what I do know is that changing my place of worship allowed me to meet and get to know people that I otherwise would not have. I also allowed me to lick my wounds and heal the hurts that had been inflicted. But my situation was a little different than that of my friend. Or at least that is what I keep telling myself.

Churches are dying, especially those small churches that I remember from my childhood, and the blame is due in part to situations such as this. Someone says something and we decide that we can no longer worship God under the same roof as they do. Is this what our father would have us to do. As I think and pray on it, no is the answer that I keep getting.

We all have faults, and we are all different. And it is our responsibility as Christians to learn to live in peace with one another and work together to spread the word.

We all have good days and bad days, and we will all get our feelings hurt and hurt the feelings of those around us, and how we deal with those situations is how we will be judged.