After my last post I found out from Darryl that a pastor acquaintance of ours just had an affair.
My heart broke! His family, the church, himself - so much brokeness.
As I mentioned at Darryl's site, recently I heard a pastor mention that when we struggle with sin, God will always try to deal with us privately first (often for quite a long time in his patience), but if we don't listen we must be ready - God's after reconcilliation and he'll do whatever it takes to get us there, even if it means our shame for a little while.
Every time I hear news like this, and I've seen this happen in people I know far too often in my short life. My heart breaks. Not because I'm better, not because I don't understand how it could happen, how they could do something like this, but because I know my heart. I know it's tendencies. I know all the time that sin is right there just waiting, trying to sneak in, to get a foothold, an advantage. I know it could be me.
May God bring healing to his life, the life of his family, the life of the church.
Posted by ed | TrackBackIt's so damn corny of me to say this but I have seen it before, not too often sadly, but I have seen it where it is such a time as this when that man, the local church he serves and his family come to a deeper place in Christ than they have ever been, and move forward as never before. One can hope.
Posted by: OI believe that's always God's intent when your sin becomes public. I pray this is such a season!
Posted by: ed