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Feb 2 10 4:51 PM
I cringe that I bought in to it all. In my defense, it was drummed into me since birth and it is hard to let go of things that you were raised on. I hate the idea that spiritual maturity was based on all the so called physical manifestations of the Holy Spirit. You were considered Holy, Spiritually mature, extra loved by God, etc, if you cuold speak in tongues, speak prophetically, keen and wail, fall under the power of God, raise your hands in worship and dance. I cringe that I did all of those things, simply to gain my father's approval. Most of the people that were considered spiritually mature and did all of those things were real jerks outside of church. I don't think that any of them exhibited any normal Christian traits on a daily basis. Love for others certainly wasn't high on their list and gossip was the their favorite pasttime.I also cringe at the whole Faith movement...the Blab it and Grab it Gospel. When my 82 year old father was in hospice care in my home, people from his church would come to visit him. As they left, they would pull me aside and tell me that I needed to have more faith. They blamed the fact that he was dying on me...said that I needed to start praying for a healing. I finally told one that I must be a pretty powerful person if what I did or didn't do could tie God's hands. She never came back to visit, but spread around that my lack of faith was killing my father.
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