well the american male church choir aside... i go back and watch the video.... there's loads i don't remember.... i find it well... challenging cos ....well there's a lot of time since then .... and i can relate to much of Lonnie's bitterness... and the frustration of some of the speakers at the treatment of homosexuals in church like the special treatment that homosexuals experience compared to everyone else... everything Lonnie has been through i have too... ostracisation.... curtailing of Ministry...people giving particular attention if i am talking to a young woman under 50 or kids (neither of which i have sought out! on the contrary GOD has got them to speak to me ...) LF is bitter too about the lack of vision and insight of those leading church at what the person the human being is carrying... so the church is hardly representing Jesus... surely if the people themselves who stake the claims to do the cjhurch bizz ain't functioning on Jesus level surely!.... one contributor to the film asks along the lines of where is one supposed to find salvation as a gay...? in Heaven i cry out.... adding come Lord bring Heaven to earth...
afterwards we are supposed to have discussion and questions i make a comment about only attending to GOD somebody disagrees... says we are only human and that is the point ... i walk out saying i've gottago... the person objects to this saying they are talking .....me i am not sure where it is i have to go to and look at the clock for answers..... and stumble out.... i feel very at odds with the church...... and feel we have been there before... suddenly there is no irony that most of my Spiritual Growth has been outside of my actual fellowship community as well as... i wonder again whether i shoudl even have gone to church in the first place converted as i was outside of the church... the thing that is bothering me is that... look the church it's foibles and farfetched short-comings is one thing the other thing is ... what about this thing Lord... it's like we have come full circle who and how do i need to go from here it's point to the truth that is Jesus!
an excursion to a church a while ago was extremely interesting ..... not only was i there looking forward to being there.... i was there when most of the church was not! certainly there were some familiar faces but what about the others? away on Mission.... the speaker made two memorable statements one.... that their entire Ministry whatever they had undertaken their mission was to equip their charges to be better than them.... oh how increasing of the Holy Spirit was that.... and additionally they believed in doing the dirty work of serving themselves not doing the typical fashion of we are far too important... it was the first and only time i have heard somebody speak this way ... i say this conscious of there are many speakers who themselves help out in set up and etc..... the second point they made was about the ... at first i thought i know thinking feeling thoroughly iritated you know that bit Paul much over quoted about the renewing of your mind.... well listen i have no idea what Paul meant i kindov know what chruch folks mean ie to think more like the church folks and all that biblical tying up in knots they sees to do in the OT and times of Jesus in the religious places.... but i like to think that in defense of Paul on that occasion... hey never mind Paul what occured to me: .... the renewing of the mind in Christ.... Christ is the Annointing.... therefore it is the direct connection of GOD like... well it reminds me of Luke 4 Isaiah61 v1 and half of v2 the Kingdom of GOD is nigh the Day of the Favour of the Lord..... somehow that is very agreeable..... and even if all we can do is sit with words in the mouth to do ....... surely!!!! GOD ?
Gottago
GOD BLESS!
Peace and Love,
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