THAT LUMP IS STILL THERE

Today it’s still there…. That sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I truly ache for the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, And I ache for Pastor Ted and his family. I’ve heard so many comments about pastor Ted and what could have been and what should have been and this and that and why, why, why…… I DON’T KNOW! But I do know that when a brother or sister has fallen we should feel grief for the hurting and the sinner. As I mull over my feelings, I can’t help from remembering the story of David how after he had looked over on the roof top and saw Bathsheba and immediately started the plot to get her for himself. DAVID WAS KING! It doesn’t get any higher on the Evangelical ladder than that AND he met with God regularly! And as if that wasn’t enough, after having sexual relations with her he then proceeds to cover up his sin by planning the out right murder of Bathseba’s husband. Yet we read psalms and take it word for word as words of God and yet they were written by and adulterous, fornicating, deceiving murderer. I’m also reminded of the woman that was caught in the very act of adultery and yet Jesus’ very words were, “he that is without sin cast the first stone.” Now I hope you don’t get me wrong. I know sin is sin and every sin must be punished. But we must not throw stones at someone who has decided to make it right and get the proper help that is needed to be restored. And remember, we may be the very next person that is standing before the crowd with stones in their hands. My prayer? Healing for all involved and an advancement of New Life Church like they’ve never seen before. For I know that the scriptures are true when it says… “when I am weak, then I am strong.”

Pastor Dave