Frustrated at a Funeral

I Left The Funeral Angry

I left the funeral Saturday angry, no, not because of anything that was done to me, not because of anything the minister said, I thought he did an outstanding job, but because of how long Aaron kept his struggles to himself, possibly because he didn't feel safe in sharing them with anyone.

Please understand I am not blaming anyone here tonight, or pointing fingers at you saying, "It's your fault" because I don't feel that way at all. I have seen your response to some of the character's I have brought in, some with not always the best intentions even, and you have never acted this way, but it grieves me to the core that we in the past have had people act this way, or have got the reputation for this.

Sometime ago a young lady came to church here, who has been in jail, rehab, psychiatric wards, on drugs, and who knows what else, and came to a special service we had here. I heard her say as she left, "these people are so holy they give me goose bumps." I was encouraged at first when I heard that, but the more I have thought about that I have been somewhat disturbed. I don't ever want to be in a place where we don't need the doctor. Where we don't need Jesus. That is how the pharisaical click acted,

Mark 2:17Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

From <https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+2%3A17&version=AKJV>

they were well, who was Jesus to tell them anything, how could he help them? While I don't want anyone here to go out into that lifestyle, I am saying our church and our people should be the most loving, caring and unjudging people in the world. It comes down to one word, showing grace.

Holiness Churches should be the safest places in the world It is so easy to take the "Oh No Gasp" approach I'm not talking about excusing sin, I'm talking about pointing people to God, I may not be able to help them, but Jesus can.

Now it's easy to rant and rave, but that won't fix anything. What do we need? Well I don't know about we, but I need a fresh baptism of diving love. Lord help me to love like you loved, help me to care like you cared, help me to be like you.

Jesus had an amazing love for those who were considered outcasts or a burden to society

Woman at the well Mary Magdalene Zacchaeus The Demoniac at Gadarenes

Mark 6:34Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)

34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.