Yeah but to be fair, he was a drug addict or dealer at the time was he not? So he wasn't a very good example of a religious person and you never would have known. So i mean at the time, he probably was a bad influence on them, but now he seems to have changed
Fair? Kelsey, thank you for pointing that out...but I have to deal a direct blow to that ..... Everything being fair... I don't recall anywhere in scripture that's says its supposed to be fair... Or even close. God chooses what's "fair"... The truth is, as far as I know, nobody has taught me different anyway...NOTHING is fair by our standards.
I was an addict too...still am. No room for judgement in this round. We're even. Addict vs addict. Christan vs Christian. It's about high time we join forces to raise these kids, yes?
That was my whole point. I'm new at this, ex has evidently been at this for 20+ years. Who's the bigger hypocrite when we try to fix or guide someone else based upon not having the conviction or the fellowship that we need to be able to grow in Christ.
That's where that whole " church" thing comes in..who can teach us if no one is sent? And who can listen if our ears are clogged with worries of this world? I missed 15 years of the most important calling of my life, and now I'm at the point of learning that I failed because I didn't know. And to a stranger, sure, excuses, "I didn't ask"... But for someone I was with for 15 years? That was half my life by the time we got divorced, its no wonder at all why we fell apart. We didn't put God first. Now it's back in my account of being a hypocrite and shutting out a fellow brother, and my husband at the time, because of it. I feel supremely ashamed.