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Each of us has strong points and weaknesses - many of them due to genetic makeup, others due to life experiences and some just due to flaws in our mental abilities.

You're right. I was saved 27 yrs ago... and I have to say..... I was not a very nice person. It took a series of shattering experiences to bring me to my knees. When I did... I never looked back. I've had struggles in my faith just like most people but I know where my strength comes from....and it's not human.

I had to deal with all the old friends and my spouse mocking me as "the Jesus freak".....and the church members shaking their fingers in my face because I wasn't "good enough". It shocked and hurt me at first...but I knew what the Lord had done....so I just stood in faith. Eventually, everyone either settled down and accepted it....or they removed themselves from my life. I can't live for what others think of me in this life.... I can only strive to be the best I can be... for God (and I don't always pull that off!)

I guess the moral of the story here is......"But for the grace of God......go I." :)

What a wonderful post.

Such a shame we tend to feel other church members are shaking fingers at us for not being good enough. But, it is true.

They are wrong in that attitude but I think a lot of it is just human nature. They have been dedicated Christians for a while and have probably worked their hearts out for the Church. So, when others not so dedicated are in the midst, the need to show how worthy they are surfaces. It all comes down to when they work, they want appreciation - even though our works do not get us to heaven.

I was divorced and for a long time the church was not set up to handle the divorced people.

Also, I’ve run across instances in my life where I could not go to the church for help (moral support) because of the fear of how people would react to the situation. But, that can’t be helped. I’m just not willing to take the chance that they would act in a way that would not hurt me. But, I can sure go to Jesus with it and I did. I could not have made it through those times without that support. And, that “going through those times with Jesus” have made me come to a closer bond with Him.

So, I can say for sure that God does comfort the grieving, that Jesus walks with us through the bad times. (Of course not phyically walking with us but the feeling of being with me was surely there).