Hello Guys! The way things can change!
I hope you are all doing very well!
Let’s take Rose’s story to its conclusion today and get to
know what has been bugging her so much.
Rose, “So I was confident when I came back because I knew so
many pastors who were so supportive in me doing my missionary training which I
paid for with my package from my last company. I called each of them asking for
a meeting which was gladly accepted because they wanted to know how everything
went.”
Gabriel, “I see”
Rose, “All you’re seeing is the road right now. I don’t know
what you are on about.
Anyway, as I get to the part of needing a sponsor, their
facial expressions changed in an incredible way. You could literally feel them
pull away from the conversation and tell me that they are very happy for me but
in terms of finances, it’s just a struggle all-round. Others said that they
couldn’t help me because it was not in the budget of the Church and it’s not possible.”
Gabriel, “Well, aren’t they just like family members and
friends who do that? Times are pretty tough for a lot of people akere?”
Rose, “That is not the point you see. What you just said
makes sense and it’s exactly what I had been thinking with every meeting. My
issue was that they didn’t seem to show me any desire to help me outside of
their financial woes. Several the church members in some of the pastors’
congregations are businessmen and businesswomen to whom I would have thought they
might speak to on my behalf and stuff like that. I felt that they were just so
unwilling Gabriel. Do you understand what I’m on about? It’s not that I am
complaining or wining about it. I know that I will have to make a plan. It just
baffles me how people will be behind you until it actually costs them
something.”
Gabriel, “Hmmm, you make an interesting observation Rose. I
guess at the end of the day, there comes a time when you realise that
regardless of your support system, it’s going to be just God and you at some
point.”
Ready?
All Relationships have a cost to them and the weight of that
cost can be a huge determining factor to how worth it, it is. Often a big part
of that cost is sacrifice. Jehovah gave His ALL to have a Relationship with you
and me. How much value to we give back to Him?
Coming Next…
A New Series AND an Introduction To The Life-Changing Tsoha
Campaign!!!
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TGBTG!
The Messenger
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