Authors Note: I wrote this back in October and was asked by my Dad for personal reasons not to post it until the beginning of the year.
Some of you may be wondering how things are going since all that "church drama". Some of you may not have even known that there was any, and if you want to know more you should talk to one of us personally.
Now let me start out by saying that I think church politics are stupid and that the way things were handled with my family was poorly timed.
All that aside, I am NOT here to start even more drama. I am here to tell you all how my family has handled being mistreated.
We have, as a whole, felt cast away, thrown out and unwanted by those who have for a long time called us friends.
We have been so hurt by the lack of care shown by the church family that we were a part of for 15 years!
I mean hello! I grew up with most of you as either teachers, mentors or friends.
Only one person has even bothered talking to me personally to see how I was doing, and I know I am not the only one in my family who is shocked that so few people have checked on us.
We have gone through so many different stages of grief in such a short time that the only way I can describe how we're doing so well is God and God alone.
Some of us have gotten stuck at different stages; shock, unbelief, anger, hurt and finally we've all come to the last stage acceptance.
We have accepted that although we felt wronged there is no way we could ever hate or wish bad things on those who betrayed us.
We have accepted that God has something wonderful in store for us and right now we're just waiting.
We have accepted that things will never be as they were and that our love for our River of Life family will never fade.
I only have a few requests for you Dear Reader.
First of all, please don't listen to rumors and deceit about us or anyone else.
Ever.
Secondly, don't distance yourself from us, we haven't changed in anything except where we worship, we still worship the same way and the same God.
My last request is that you will keep us in your prayers, we are your brothers and sisters in Christ and would greatly appreciate some spiritual protection.
Thank you so much for letting us be in your fellowship for so long.
