April 1, 2006
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B"H
Xanga Frustration
In truth that title should read My Frustration Over Not Being Able to Follow Through on Writing Here More Often. I think the shorter title works too though. About two weeks ago I had this really strong desire to share a few things about what happened to me at a congregation I was a part of. The problem that arose as I tried to actually write the post was one of not wanting to uncover certain people and very likely hurt someone, maybe even plural. I couldn't think of a way to tell the story that would be helpful to anyone. I have made lots of mistakes and done lots of bad things, but I don't see how merely telling thoses stories will help anybody.
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Tomorrow (Saturday) may prove to be a day of revelation for me/us regarding this new congregation that we have been considering lately. They are hosting a conference on Israel this weekend. As I understand it, the focus is supposed to be on the place or the attitude of the non-Jew regarding Israel. This is not exactly a topic I find very compelling these days, but it is close. I'd rather explore the relationship of the Gentile believers to the Jewish believers, but that will have to wait for another day. I have my fears that this conference is going to expose a certain amount of anti-Judaism which may be resident within some of the members. I don't mind dealing with this, in fact, I think it's part of my calling. What does bother me though is when some of my fellow travelers either can't grasp the insidious nature of anti-Judaism or worse, think that this position is actually right. I think that I'll have to write a post stating my understanding on this topic.
I like the few people that I've met at this new congregation, but once the issue of our Jewishness gets put on the table I'm not so sure that the feelings will remain mutual. I'll let you all know how things turn out.
Peace and blessings,
Shlomo
Comments (2)
Shlomo, please do post on this. Post on both - the attitude of the non-Jew regarding Israel and the relationship of Gentile believers to Jewish believers!! This is on my mind very much of late, regarding the latter topic, especially.
I want to know what, not for vanity's sake, but for Truth's sake, what position in Christ we Gentile believers have, and also how that differs from the position Jewish believers have.
John
Hmm, sounds like a tense situation. I hope and pray things work out just fine! I'm sure that, despite how other people act, you'll trust God to lead you in your reaction to whatever happens.
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