You know how big it is a thing if someone decides to leave a church, worst still, to transfer to another church that has totally no link to that original church? It would be a really, really big thing for those Mega churches who really emphasized on ... I think all churches do that. Emphasizing on loyalty to a church. I can say for the Methodist and Charismatic because I have been to them. Oh and Catholic. Not that I have been a Catholic nor joined them before but I have relatives and friends who are Catholics.
"The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” - John3:8
I love this article that explains the whole concept.
Oh and since they are not reading my blog (I am 80% positive), I will be frank here. Not all readers understand but I will set it as simple as it can be.
I am in the midst of change. We all are, but this one is that I am going to leave my current church - City Harvest Church.
The next question everyone will ask would be - where will you go?
Ans: I will be attending a home church.
And they might ask - Why? Maybe they will ask this before the previous question.
Ans: Because God told me to. I might add, when I came and decided to stay, it is God who told me to settle here and stay. Through all the difficult times, God told me to stay and I stayed. But now God stopped saying stay and I felt a need to move on. The church is good, the people are good. But God is doing more things and I want to move on. It is a whole long story if you want to listen to and you might not be able to accept it.
Maybe I will scrap the last few sentences? I don't know how to put it into nicer words. Or whether I should say anything more. :S Because if I say too much they might not understand also. I can just tell them the truth directly but I don't want to confuse them and I know that they are in a position that they might not be able to accept it nor understand it.
One thing I will emphasize more would be the above - I am following what the Holy Spirit is asking me to do and go where the Holy Spirit is leading me to.
The bible never talks about loyalty to churches. Although they might use the plant being planted and rooted in the ground being strong, I can argue that I am planted and rooted in Christ. He is the branch and I am the vine. I draw my life line from Him.
My time in CHC is done. Don't get me wrong, CHC is a great church. I still wowed at how every service there will people committing their lives to God. But my time there is done. The wind is taking me elsewhere. If they are mature enough, they will be able to take it.
Ahhh....
I poked the beehive just now. As usual the cheeky me can't resist not to poke it to see the reaction. Now to deal with the aftermath of the poking. I hope he doesn't come asking me before I am ready to answer!
Well, honestly saying there's always the reluctance to leave. It's getting a bit comfortable here now with friends that I love and hate to break their hearts to not see them. I don't know how they will take it also. It's not like I leave God and become an atheist or something. But I know a lot of people won't understand and won't know how to deal with it... :\ Many will be feeling a bit weird, like I am out of the group and outsider kind of thing going on. I do hope not :\
But as they did preached, change includes sacrifice and perhaps also a change in relationships. I won't stop loving them. I'm only jumping into another stream and we will still forever be together in heaven. And we still worship the same God. Then the cell leader also said, "God is everywhere." So if they try to convince me on those things, they might have to eat up their own words.
When the confirmation come that it is time to move on and my decision finalize, my spirit jumped with joy, overflows with joy like you've seen me express in the previous post. I was literally jumping and dancing with joy. Actually, my heart has been getting ready to leave since a few weeks ago. And again, my analytical mind is thinking of all sorts of things. (I think it is pretty obvious here :P Since I blurt them all out here).
I feel so keen on telling them now. I feel like I am literally BURSTING to tell them. I really, really want to tell them. I feel that it is like being dragged through my whole holidays if I don't tell them now. Rather impatient to tell.
I need to pray well before I really do the clean break. Now to pray of how to deal with the poked bee hive. Lord, please download favor and strategy pleaseeee...
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