At this point, the new church refused to help her ...stating she was lying.
To my knowledge, I personally do not know of anyone apologizing to anyone in the other church. It seems to me that they could have also been as innocent as those in the new church. And yes, I believe the hypnotism magnified the problem ...making things much worse.
Now, I do not claim at all to be an expert, let alone know much at all on the subject ...but, I do have emotions of my own, and compassion for those struggling. I feel sorry for the woman ...as she was without a doubt, struggling with something major.
And I feel there were several injustices done ...although not intentional. Perhaps feeling they could rid her of the problematic spirit, they were duped into thinking they had succeeded, only to have themselves drawn into the disturbing divisiveness that paralyzes the growth of so many Christians. Sadly, I believe several innocent people were accused of some very terrible things ...and I feel that a very sick woman was abandoned.
And I feel there were several injustices done ...although not intentional. Perhaps feeling they could rid her of the problematic spirit, they were duped into thinking they had succeeded, only to have themselves drawn into the disturbing divisiveness that paralyzes the growth of so many Christians. Sadly, I believe several innocent people were accused of some very terrible things ...and I feel that a very sick woman was abandoned.
Of course, there should be an effort to look seriously into the possibility that someone in the church could have done something to her ...and to never totally ignore this possibility, nor neglect to do what must be done. But, hasty conclusions should also not be drawn.
I wonder where the sincerity to help her ended up ...and why did it appear to end up as being secondary to the thrill and desire to partake in something that seemed to be satisfying a personal thirst, instead of a genuine commitment to help a very disturbed lady.
And that is what happens with leadership ...if the desire to lead grows to an extent that it surpasses the desire to help. And it also becomes a problem when we think our thirst for experience is more of a valuable tool than what others may potentially experience.
I'm not saying this is the case for the counselor, as I don't know. I just know that many sincere beginnings travel beyond boundaries of truth. I often wonder to what degree the Holy Spirit is guiding me, and how much of it is me.
Alexander Pope's poem speaks, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing ..."
And it seems that we came say much of that ...forming our own poetry, and drawing our own conclusions from our own knowledge.
Much can be said on many levels ...and we all have ideas, and we all make mistakes. The thing is, some of us learn from our mistakes, and don't believe history necessarily has to repeat itself.
We should be able to learn from past mistakes, and from mistakes of others in the past. A vast compilation of history, and of mistakes is readily available for us to learn from ...it records mistakes made, and provides ready solutions to avoid making them again.
This is how I define good leadership ---and the source of that history which I am referring to ---is the Bible.
Just like the game 'Follow the Leader' ...you must first be a good follower. Yet, many follow very well ...the wrong leader.
When Jesus returns for the Thousand Year reign ...there will be the right kind of leadership, for a thousand years! I don't know how many people will be good followers during that time ...but, what is surprising ---is, that after that thousand years, there will be a much shorter period where an alternate leadership will present itself as an option.
That option, it seems, will have some similarity to the option that one third of the angels took ...before the other two-thirds were led to celebrate the joyous introduction of our creation.
So, perhaps I was wrong after all ...
The biggest problem we have in the world is not leadership.
We have available the best leadership there is.
Yes, I was in error ...
The biggest problem we have in the world is not acknowledging that God should lead us ...
But, it doesn't have to be that way ...it doesn't have to be the ending story.
We need to be not foremost good leaders, but good followers.
We have the best leader ...and are provided the best Book, to assist us in being good followers. Will we be the best followers the earth has ever known? ---not likely. But, what we mess up today, will be remedied if we choose the right leader to follow into eternity.
I'm not saying this is the case for the counselor, as I don't know. I just know that many sincere beginnings travel beyond boundaries of truth. I often wonder to what degree the Holy Spirit is guiding me, and how much of it is me.
Alexander Pope's poem speaks, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing ..."
And it seems that we came say much of that ...forming our own poetry, and drawing our own conclusions from our own knowledge.
Much can be said on many levels ...and we all have ideas, and we all make mistakes. The thing is, some of us learn from our mistakes, and don't believe history necessarily has to repeat itself.
We should be able to learn from past mistakes, and from mistakes of others in the past. A vast compilation of history, and of mistakes is readily available for us to learn from ...it records mistakes made, and provides ready solutions to avoid making them again.
This is how I define good leadership ---and the source of that history which I am referring to ---is the Bible.
Just like the game 'Follow the Leader' ...you must first be a good follower. Yet, many follow very well ...the wrong leader.
When Jesus returns for the Thousand Year reign ...there will be the right kind of leadership, for a thousand years! I don't know how many people will be good followers during that time ...but, what is surprising ---is, that after that thousand years, there will be a much shorter period where an alternate leadership will present itself as an option.
That option, it seems, will have some similarity to the option that one third of the angels took ...before the other two-thirds were led to celebrate the joyous introduction of our creation.
So, perhaps I was wrong after all ...
The biggest problem we have in the world is not leadership.
We have available the best leadership there is.
Yes, I was in error ...
The biggest problem we have in the world is not acknowledging that God should lead us ...
But, it doesn't have to be that way ...it doesn't have to be the ending story.
We need to be not foremost good leaders, but good followers.
We have the best leader ...and are provided the best Book, to assist us in being good followers. Will we be the best followers the earth has ever known? ---not likely. But, what we mess up today, will be remedied if we choose the right leader to follow into eternity.
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