Friday, October 10, 2008

Hurricane CP

My husband lost his job.
I've lost my job.
We've lost our church family.
We've lost our home.
If something miraculous doesn't happen we will all lose our friends, our town, and our lives as we've known it for six+ years.
What has happended? We've been struck by hurricane Church Politics.


Hurricane CP is similar to Gustav, Ike, or Katrina. It brews for a while over warm waters of discontent and hurt feelings. There is always the possibility it will dimish and amount to nothing leaving peaceful waters for smooth sailing. Then again, if the desire for power and the power players are just right, it will grow into a full blown storm reeking havic on everyone in the church. There is no controlling CP once it gets it's momentum ...it will hit though predicting exactly when and where it will make landfall is a little tricky.


CP made landfall this week at our church. It was a category 5 storm. And while it has affected everyone, only the pastor and his family (a.k.a. us) lost everything. Everyone else still has their job, their home, their friends and neighbors, their town, and pretty much the lives they've known for the last 6+ years.


Did I say we lost everything? That's not really true. We still have our integrity. Our family. True friends.* And a God who says, "I am the LORD, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?"



(* Actually the majority of the church overwhelmingly supports us and for that we are truly, truly grateful, but a fight will only cause more damage. Such is the life of CP.)

4 comments:

Rhonda Jeanne said...

Come worship with us. We love your guts!

justjuls said...

I am really sorry -
I haven't been in your same position but I have been in a church that had some heavy winds blow through.
Praying for your family.

Wyatt Roberts said...

We love you. And Raymond. I'm Rhonda's husband, by the way :)

Anonymous said...

You haven't really lost your Church family. God's family is a lot bigger than most people realize. Some of your family meet at the Quest! I'm Wyatt's brother btw. Let us know how we can help.