little glimpses of Him

I am traumatized after attending our Bible Study because I don’t like feeling this way. I do NOT like the persons way of teaching that has come into our class. I sit there and get madder and madder and madder. It’s like the cartoon of the kid who has the cloud over their head.

This is not the way a person is supposed to be spending the time that they set aside to learn more about our Savior. My attitude is horrendous and I don’t know why. I feel bad because the guy is nice enough but he just grates me the wrong way. I just want to shake him and there is no reason for my feeling this way.

Is this a product of my old age? I don’t like change? I don’t like younger people? I don’t think so because I don’t mind change. I tend to embrace it and I love the people at work and most of them are younger than me. I love my friends and my family. I don’t know what the problem is but I do know that I don’t like this feeling AT ALL.

These thoughts have been rattling around in my head until I had to share them. And I didn't want to share them because I don't want others to know about disharmony and I don't want to think badly about a fellow Christian over something trivial like their teaching style. But I shared and I'm glad I did. I mentioned that it was just my opinion about this guy's teaching style. This is the ensuing conversation:

1:26 PMSymes, Courtney

speaking about your you aren't lying at least in your own opinion is funny because my priests letter this week was How he doesn't believe in pre marital intercourse and he doesn't believe that 2 gay people or single people should be allowed to adopt and he's done much studying and much thought and praying and he knows for a fact 100% that he is right....but he also knows that doesn't mean someone who has the opposite view is wrong as they have probably done the same with

research prayer and thought and they know they are 100% right too so it comes down to that we must accept the differences in people and not judge but instead just find common grounds to come together on.....it was all based on a study of the sermon on the mount that another parishioner was doing and had questions...which i need to read on the sermon, i always hear about it but i don't really know enough on it  

1:27 PMOgle, Kelly

AND what we were talking about today

weird

right now it is about the church

and what the church is

and what the purpose is

Unity

my immediate thought was that it is impossible

but your priest hit the nail on the head

we can have different views after much prayer

but we must unite in love

for each other

not the hippie love

you know what i mean

1:30 PMSymes, Courtney

yep exactly!

1:30 PMOgle, Kelly

i love God

1:31 PMSymes, Courtney

haha I was about to pretty much say the same

1:31 PMOgle, Kelly

He gives us little glimpses i think

like just now

i'm going to copy our conversation, with your permission, and post it on my blog

i need to remember this

1:32 PMSymes, Courtney

ok by me

 

I'm changing the title of this entry from cloud to little glimpses of Him. :)