I haven't written a post in quite a while, probably because our lives have been a bit unsettled. We started to attend a new church in Victorville. For some reason, I was unsettled there. The lighting was dim and there are no windows there. I tend toward not liking closed-in places. The pastor and his wife are wonderful people. Part of our reason for not continuing to attend may have been because of our attending our old church for over 18 years. You grow attached to people when you fellowship and worship with them each week.
So, then we went to another church for the past three weeks. We have tried, but don't think it is home for us either. It is a larger church than we are used to. We attended the sunrise service there for Resurrection Sunday this morning. Some of the things that were presented seemed to be a bit off to me. So my husband and I came home and chewed on it for a while. We both agreed that some of what was shared didn't seem scriptural to us. The pastor said that Jesus was put on the cross by Satan. I don't think that is the case. If the old testament had so many references to Messiah coming and dying, was that not Yahweh's plan for our salvation? Also, the church places alot of emphasis on "the pre-tribulation rapture." I know that in the case of Noah, God removed his people before the flood. And we all need to be ready to go at any time. But I think there is too much emphasis on "the rapture." For goodness sakes, maybe we should be ready to withstand some persecution should this not happen before the tribulation. Just like they are encouraging people to be spiritually ready because we are expected to be taken out, I think we should be getting ready to withstand some times of trouble. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
Then we went to the 9:45 a.m service at The Gathering Place (our old church that we left 6 weeks ago). We were greeted with such love from everyone there. The crowd was small, but it felt good to be home. When asked if we were settled yet in a church, we had to admit that we feel like we are going through a wilderness experience. So many emotions have been surfacing for me lately. Please pray for God's direction in our lives. We will be in prayer also, Friends.
