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Amen!!! I have experienced this more than ever this past year. When my husband- a Pastor - and I first started dating, there were 2 female ministers who despised me. They treated me very poorly. I came to the church with skills and experience that were not present/active in the church. Instead of thanking God for sending the necessary help, they treated me worse and worse. There were times when I just wanted to step away from it all, but I remembered that Nehemiah didn’t come down off the wall. He was focused on completing God’s work, so I adopted the same mindset. I eventually confronted the ladies in love, but they denied their actions, told me that I was pretty much hallucinating, and then resumed their mistreatment of me. My then boyfriend tried to lay low to see if it would pass. As Pastor, he didn’t want to insert himself into my conflict and wanted to use wisdom and restraint. But when it didn’t stop and when they began to be nasty to others who were in good relationship with me (their attitudes were now affecting several others in the congregation), he also confronted them in love. They got upset with him and accused him of changing since I came into his life. (So not true.)
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We prayed and prayed about the situation for months. And we too shook the dust off our feet. Well, just this past week, one lady stepped down from her position and said she needs to take a leave. The other lady was a no-show at church. We’ll see how this all transpires; but it appears that God may just be removing them from the picture.
Thank you for this message this morning pastor Dion, and I agree. It's unfortunate but there will be those people that don't like what you have to say or the things you do. And as you said, shake it off and move on. You don't have to engage those people or sink to their level, just go somewhere else and someone who values what you have to say may be there to greet you.
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