I guess it was time\u2026but it wasn\u2019t my time. Let me explain. My church had become my family. I had leaned into my faith and that place so heavily in the last 17 months, that I couldn\u2019t imagine my life without either\u2026until last Tuesday evening.
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Last night, I was supposed to begin another Bible study\u2026a part of a ministry I helped to start at my church 3 years ago\u2026only last night, I found out I was no longer a part of the group. Not only that group, but ALL of the groups I had belonged to and had so faithfully served. ALL. GONE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At first I thought maybe it was a glitch in the system. Nope. My app was working fine. I had just been removed from everything I held dear by someone making an executive decision for me. Yes, I had removed myself from several ministries since we moved, but I had kept the 3 that I held most dear. WWP, EMHC, and Sacristan. Gone. Taken away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To say I was surprised isn\u2019t half of it. I was and still am hurt. My heart hurts. No one talked to me. I wasn\u2019t given the choice. It was done to me\u2026for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh, I\u2019m sure whoever made that executive decision thought they were doing the right thing. I\u2019m sure that because I have moved they thought I wouldn\u2019t want to be connected to those groups I loved so well. Those groups that had been my lifeline for 17 months since Mom died. But, I\u2019m 100% positive that they never once thought about the hurt they were about to cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I truly am surprised by the deep hurt I feel. It feels like I am grieving. The gutted feeling is back. The tears are back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, I guess it was time to cut that cord. I just wish I had been given the opportunity to be the cutter in my own time. I truly hope that place that I have loved so well for so long, doesn\u2019t do this to anyone else. It\u2019s not the Catholic way. It\u2019s hurtful. It\u2019s cold. It\u2019s not kind.
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I say all of this to say, before you make an executive decision for someone else,: talk to them. Understand them and their reasoning behind what they are doing. Above all else, BE KIND! You have no idea what someone has been or is going through.
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BE FLIPPING KIND!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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