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Firefly:
Hello everyone,

My name is Lori and I am new to this board. My husband and I were recently called out of the church...although it wasn't as hard for us as we are rather reclusive and very shy. I am at the point where I am standing on the shore and begging God to kill the beast and also like a sponge that just wants to read and read Ray's material and then find the scirpture and see everything in a new light.

My husband and I have four children, 8, 6, 3, and 7 months. We had been sending them to christian school but next year we are trying to figure out if we should home school or send them to public school. We are really torn. Do we want them exposed to all the worldly things at such a young age...I don't always have the most patience so can I actually home school them. (We did stop sending them to church also). Most of all what does God want. I have the same questions if they are raised knowing the truth how to the come out? I also have a confession...in this experience of evil I am so afraid something is going to happen to one of my children. I feel so guilty having this fear, I know God is loving and I feel as though I am doubting his soverign (?sp) will. Sorry to ramble...God just has so much work left with me. I look forward to getting to know each of you better.

Lori  :)

rrammfcitktturjsp:
Susan,

  Give me some cookies and I will leave your cyberspace.  ;)

  With deciding whether to send your kids to a church or not, that has to lie between you and God.  I know that we are nonconformists and attend a church that is liberal in their beliefs and have almost like beliefs that we in the forum hold.  You have to pray about it.

  If you could find a church that would support you and your kids in your new way of thinking, great go for fellowship.  If not, then this could be very detrimental to you and your family.  

  I would suggest on people close to eachother getting together with like beliefs. I wish that I could fellowship with you in person, but distance is a great factor.

  Hope this helps.

  Sincerely,


  Anne C. McGuire

jennie:
Anne, I agree with you. My daughter is now 24 and I wanted her to think for herself, ask questions. I pray for her daily and prayed while she was under our care( she just got married) that God would guide us and show us the way to raise her. If there was something that I knew without doubt would be harmful to her that was a different matter. She isn't perfect but she is a wonderful, intelligent, hard working, loving and hard headed young lady! I love her so. all with little ones... it will come to you.... sometimes in the middle of the night and sometimes in the soft light of morning! Much love, Jennie

hebrewroots98:
Sorin, I just sat my husband down to talk about this very topic yesterday... (I see how the spirit has been stirring about this same topic in each of our hearts at the same time!  AMAZING!! :D)I too have been wondering about all of these things:

-Should we allow  to our precious 8 yo son to be around "the church/ christians/babylon the great whore/the throne of satan/ amongst those whom are blind and don't want to change?  And if so, what effect will this have on our son?  (We have already come out of the 'church'); if we don't allow him around these 'believers', then how will that effect him?   (Even our home school support groups are made up of mostly of christians.  We have nothing in common with these people other than home schooling issues.)  To be quite honest here; I have never seen the disparity of not fitting in as I have been experiencing at this time in my life; plus, I have been 'ostracised' more by believers/christians than any other group of people in my entire lifetime; they have brought more hardships into our lives than you will ever know!  I personally can handle it, however, I'm very concerned for my sweet Daniel during these impressionable years :'( :'(! 

Also, I am torn between these two verses that state: (2Tim. 3:5) ...'having a FORM of Godliness; but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.(Would this not be Christians?)  If so, then that cuts out any church going activities with christians, b/c alot of events are held at churches nowadays that we must stay away from. 

Then the other verse that states that... 'it is better to hear of Jesus than to not hear of Him at all'.   I am torn as to wether to allow my child to be around these deceived people, since they do teach about Jesus and to just keep safegarding and filtering all of their errors everyday of his life?  (I don't want to influence him to be negative thinking either.)

So I guess that we are not to even eat with these people?  I know that we are to be 'in the world, but not of the world', so how does all of this work together??? ???

- now we are having a paradigm shift; is he better off being around non-believers or is he better off being around christians or neither?  Is he left to live a lonely life as a child (since I know of no child of his age that is believing as he does :'(?  It doesn't seem quite fair for him to loose out on having other children his age in his life right now (they really want nothing to do with us b/c we don't believe as they do), especially when his/our family members have ostrasiazed (sp) him to where he is already lonely.


Sorry for the emotional run on, I just need some answeres here.  Thanks guys.

rrammfcitktturjsp:
Jennie,

  Thanks so much for your post.  I am so glad that someone has trod this path before we have.  Thanks.  I hope you remain a member for quite a long time.  I wondered if it was okay to PM you if I needed any questions answered.  I do realize that this is totally nonconformist, but I know that we are out there.

  Thanks for your post.  I now know that this is possible.  Your words of encouragement has blessed me.

Lori,

  Welcome to the forum.  Glad to see you posting.  I look forward to getting to know you. 

  Sincerely,



  Anne C. McGuire

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