To All,
I would have to agree that many things probably were not prompted by the following Scripture, where it says to encourage one another as long as it is called Today.
I know for one, that I do not give Scriptural references when I am posting and only can give my basic paraphrase becuase I tend to lose my bible or do not have the time to go and look it up.
I pray and pray and pray that all that I say in this forum is said to encourage one another. Even, in my earlier post where I was going on about giving credit due where it is due, I tried to say this in a loving manner. My intention is to build the body of Christ up, and not to tear it down.
Bobby, I for one did not feel that topic that was started by Paula was one prompted by love nor was it meant to be a source of encouragement, but I can think of some of her posts where they were encouraging.
I do miss Paula, but I do understand that there are hidden dynamics that may be going on in her life. All we can do is to pray for her and those of us still here.
It is my prayer that we all remember to post things that are encouraging to one another. For the most part, I tend to stay out of disucssions until the Spirit moves me to post in them. I hope and pray that my posts are not causing division.
Please remember that I too, am on a journey, and do and will make mistakes. I apologize for any mistakes that I have made. I apologize to anyone that has been offended my anything that I may have posted. If any one is offended by what I post, please by all means again use the pm button and let's discuss this privately. Sometimes I get it wrong and need to be corrected. I am just wondering, if we all could not make more use of that button. I believe it would save face and also our relationships with eachother as family.
Kat, help me out here. There is a Scripture that says, if any of you have an issue with a fellow brother, GO IN PRIVATE and confront him in a LOVING manner. It then proceeds to say to go and take a few witnesses. <This in my opionon would be involving somone more learned at this point> I believe that inflammatroy issues should never be resolved on the forum. I know that we all come here looking for love and advice, and we do no mean to post questions or topics that would lead to being locked topics. I think that if we made use of the pm buttons we would eliminate much of the emotionally charged stuff.
Moderators: You have a hard job. Thank you for stepping up to the plate. Please keep on being the examples of how we need to be.
Paula, I personally want to apologize to you here if anything that I have said or done has offended you.
Sincerely,
Anne C. McGuire