hurt feelings

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Some saints previously wrote:
> > Me: I am walking in your shoes, Sister. The majority of
> > my family members think I have been brainwashed by
> > my husband's family and am a member of some strange
> > cult.  They just don't get it. The best thing we
> > can do is continue to live the life before them, pray and
> > fast for them to see the love of God evidenced in our
> > lives. I want my family to "see" more than just the
> > change in my outward appearance, I want them to
> > "see"  Jesus in me.
> > 
> > Sis Donna
> > fmbank@ruralnet.org
> My mother has all but disowned me. I was raised a Jehovah's Witness,
> which she still practices. The first time my mother saw me after I
> received the Holy Ghost was "you look Pentecostal". I said thank you, I
> am. She won't even sit down to eat with me now. She speaks to me but
> just barely.
> 
> I thank God I have a new family in Christ.
> Prayerfully yours,
> Sister Kayla

I too can tell this story; for about three years after I received 
the Holy Ghost and was converted, my family disowned me. 
I was raised Catholic and they told me I had committed 
mortal sin (the kind that sends you straight to hell, bypassing 
purgatory) by entering another Church, much less joining one. 
I argued with them that perhaps they would rather see me 
back on drugs and once more an alcoholic instead of living 
a clean, sober and godly lifestyle.  All (at that time) was to 
no avail.  Prayer and faithfulness has made a significant 
difference.  Although they are not yet Apostolic Pentecostals, 
they have intensified their spiritual lives in the way that 
they know and they have accepted me as not only once more 
a member of their family, but a source of inspiration.  I will 
never forget the Thanksgiving dinner where my Dad asked 
me to say the blessing, that was a testimony to God's work 
in me!

(Luke 6:22 KJV)  "Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, 
and when they shall separate you from their company, and 
shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the 
Son of man's sake."

Kathy (one day my family will know Jesus as I do) Dimick
Falkville, Alabama
kdimick@colsa.com
kedimick@hotmail.com
http://members.tripod.com/~coffeepleaz/index.html

"For to me to live is Christ"