My minister shared something with
me that I would in turn like to share with you.
First, a word about my minister. Alan
truly ministers to people. Even
though I go for long stretches of time without attending church, he still
believes that part of his role as pastor of the church is to minister to me.
He has been generous with sharing others’
and his own the wisdom and ponderings during the last few months as I’ve faced
difficulties. I appreciate his emails “checking in” and the time he has shared
with me for conversations about what’s going on in my life, what I believe, and
what I don’t believe.
He gets that religion and the
spiritual are not easy things for me because of my OCD and depression.
Most recently, he shared a
sermon/blog post called “I’m Through with Love” by Matt Gaventa, a minister who serves in
a nearby county.
Gaventa’s story about his father
and his understanding of love has me thinking about depression and love and
grace in whole new ways.
If you have time, please read this
post HERE.
a very personal story.
ReplyDeleteTina, thank you for that link! It is one of the best things I've ever read. That is a very wise and understanding minister!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this, Tina.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tina, I will check it out!
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful you have such a caring minister!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to have such a caring minister that you can trust and confide in. I clicked on the story/sermon, I will come back when I have time to read it. It's a long one, the first paragraph intrigued me!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you feel so cared for. And I hope you are doing ok right now.
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