Blogger friends: those of you who "know" me, know I don't like to ask for prayer. I just don't. But please pray!
And those of you who have been following Gold in the Clouds know that my passion for teens is purity...that they would remain pure until marriage....so they don't have to reap bad consequences and feel broken and feel separate from God.
And you know the love I have for my daughters.
Well, over the weekend we received some news that didn't shock me because NOTHING really shocks me.......maybe because of the field of teaching I am in, or because of past ministry I have been involved in.....but.....
it was sudden, it was totally unexpected and it was absolutely devastating to my teenage daughter.
We discovered that one of the youth group leaders has been involved in an inappropriate relationship with a STUDENT!
Oh how my heart is grieved. This woman was a role model for my oldest and my oldest considered her a friend and mentor.
So....without revealing too much because I so do not want to gossip or speak ill of church staff, let's just say that this leader is now unemployed by our church and will not be allowed to work with the students.
And this mom is pretty pissed off.
Sorry for the language but......it's best expressed that way sometimes isn't it? if we are honest.
And I have had to explain about the feelings of disappointment and betrayal that my daughter is feeling.......and try to bring some kind of sense to this for her.
Our church is handling this in a beautiful way.......they really get the "grace"thing and I am so very, very thankful for the leadership we have.
But it still doesn't make it ok.....and it still hurts people.
It still makes my heart ache that these teens have to know this information.
It grieves me that Satan tries to destroy churches and that he seems to attack people in ministry.
It grieves me that people can't seem to make better choices.
but......where there is pain there will be beauty if true repentance is sought after....and for these young teens, they hopefully will see that we serve a BIG God...and that He is all about forgiveness and unconditional love.
I just wish my baby didn't have to know this about her role model.
Please pray for our church, the leadership, the youth staff and the families left to cope with all kinds of feelings.
And pray for me that God would use me to help in these young girls' lives......I will keep you posted as to what I mean by this.....
thanks friends!
And those of you who have been following Gold in the Clouds know that my passion for teens is purity...that they would remain pure until marriage....so they don't have to reap bad consequences and feel broken and feel separate from God.
And you know the love I have for my daughters.
Well, over the weekend we received some news that didn't shock me because NOTHING really shocks me.......maybe because of the field of teaching I am in, or because of past ministry I have been involved in.....but.....
it was sudden, it was totally unexpected and it was absolutely devastating to my teenage daughter.
We discovered that one of the youth group leaders has been involved in an inappropriate relationship with a STUDENT!
Oh how my heart is grieved. This woman was a role model for my oldest and my oldest considered her a friend and mentor.
So....without revealing too much because I so do not want to gossip or speak ill of church staff, let's just say that this leader is now unemployed by our church and will not be allowed to work with the students.
And this mom is pretty pissed off.
Sorry for the language but......it's best expressed that way sometimes isn't it? if we are honest.
And I have had to explain about the feelings of disappointment and betrayal that my daughter is feeling.......and try to bring some kind of sense to this for her.
Our church is handling this in a beautiful way.......they really get the "grace"thing and I am so very, very thankful for the leadership we have.
But it still doesn't make it ok.....and it still hurts people.
It still makes my heart ache that these teens have to know this information.
It grieves me that Satan tries to destroy churches and that he seems to attack people in ministry.
It grieves me that people can't seem to make better choices.
but......where there is pain there will be beauty if true repentance is sought after....and for these young teens, they hopefully will see that we serve a BIG God...and that He is all about forgiveness and unconditional love.
I just wish my baby didn't have to know this about her role model.
Please pray for our church, the leadership, the youth staff and the families left to cope with all kinds of feelings.
And pray for me that God would use me to help in these young girls' lives......I will keep you posted as to what I mean by this.....
thanks friends!
6 comments:
So sorry to hear this news. I will pray...
I'm so sorry to hear your family, the church and all the families involved are going through this, Faith. Will pray for you all.
How very sad! Praying for wisdom for you as you guide Courtney during this difficult time.
I will definitely be praying!
I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
Patricia
http://forextradin-g.net
Faith, I haven't been blogging in a long time, as you know. Just felt like I should come over and check on you...I'm really sorry to hear that this had to happen. You are right about it not being a shock, it is grievious..
I know that you will give C a good perspective on all of this. If I could just share what is on my heart...
This is a perfect opportunity to talk about our sin nature, the fact that we still sin, but it is only by the grace of God that any of us don't fall and when we do, the Lord gives us opportunity to repent and turn our hearts back to Him.
The woman involved apparently had a secret sin that was brought out and exposed...that is God's mercy on her as well as on those in the church. We don't realize how much we influence one another until something like this happens...we are one body...praying that the Lord encourage you and strengthen you. Love, Karen
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