Woke up this morning and had a slight bit of emergency with one of my bills. Ugh I hate that! Yeah today sucked really bad! When we got back, we got ready, then went and did 3 miles. It was pretty late when we went out, but I'm just glad we did it. I wish we hadn't though, only because Lisa had to work today and we went out to walk pretty late. I hated that she didn't have time to relax before work. Soon as we got home, she had to race to town to pick up her grandma and drive her home since she didn't have a ride. So it was a hectic day for us! My heal was really sore today, I don't know why. It was throbbing most the day and just plain bothering me. I hate that!
Finished my gallon of water again. You know, I've been drinking it over the course of the day. I think I should start drinking it earlier, that way I won't be waking up in middle of the night to use the bathroom. So tomorrow, I'm going to try that!
My grandpa and grandma came by my place today. It was so nice to see them! We talked about our, well their church. I resigned so it's not really my church anymore, though I haven't turned in my official resignation papers yet due to our printer being out of ink. Anyway, they feel the same way about the pastor. I used to have high opinions of that guy, but when he started trying to butt into my personal life thru my facebook, I hated that. Then, he's over there getting a lil too close with my mom, and I really hate that, so does my dad. Now he's wanting to change so many things in the church. He's not worried about bringing God's word to the people and bringing those lost, closer to Him. No, he's worried about having fancy chairs in the church, and a nice fancy carpet, and nice painted walls, and he wants to change the name. That is all that guy is focused on now! He completely lost his way, I believe. That is why I left! I have so many wonderful memories at that church. This guy, he wants one of those Louisiana churches where there's lots of African American people and they jump and scream and holler, singing until the evening then doing a sermon where people shout in agreement. One of those type churches, you've seen them in the movies. That is what he wants with our church. He's an African American and I believe that's the style of church he wants. The thing is, our church is an Indian Church. That's the name, First Indian Baptist Church. It's always been that way. Our church tries to bring in all the people from the reservation and the Native Americans out there who don't know God. There are so many churches around here. Ours is very unique and that's what we love most about it. That crazy "pastor" we had last year who almost stole it away from us, he wanted to do the same thing. He hated the "Indian" in the name and wanted to change it. He tried kicking all of us, the members, out of the church. He wanted it all for himself so he can turn the building into a shelter and make money off of it, apparently. He was an ex-con and was still being watched by the FBI. None of which he informed us of. I had to find his mugshot on the internet. He lied about it all even after we confronted him. He wouldn't leave the church. He used every excuse he could and hid behind every dumb reason. All the while this was happening, we tried getting help from the Baptist Association, but that guy who heads up that place is/was buddies with this crazy guy so he didn't help us at all. We almost lost the church, but we got help from ppl from other cities and towns who really believed in all of us. It was great! Finally, that guy gave up and left on his own. Now, a year later, another pastor we hired last year is doing pretty much the same exact thing as that guy. The only difference is, this pastor is doing it in a "nicer" way. He's trying to sway everyone else to do what he wants using "nice and uplifting" words. Seems like all he's focused on now. It's just crazy! I don't know why they're turning out like this. They need to just stick with preaching. That was his only job. That's what we hired him for. Anyway, that's why I left. I wasn't about to go thru the same thing again. Only because I tried telling my mom what he was doing, but she just got mad at me. She really likes him, I know so does everyone else. So she said she's in total support of anything he wants to do. That pissed me off! She doesn't care to listen to her own son, she never has. She did the same thing last year. Before that crazy "pastor" got really out of hand, I tried telling her that we needed to get rid of him because he seemed like a bad guy. I refused to go back to church after I saw him act that way. She didn't listen. She said the same thing about him. She said that she "didn't mind changes" and that "he wasn't doing anything wrong". Well she sure found out the hard way. It wasn't until a month later when the members were leaving and things were getting really bad that she finally opened her stupid eyes and saw everything. But even then, she never told me that I was right, nor has she ever said that she should have listened to me. Anyway, she's doing the exact same thing now, so I left and decided that I am not going to sit around and watch this crap happen all over again, not to the church I love so much. They do whatever they want, but I'm not going to watch it. I refuse!
Anyway, I went a bit overboard in writing there. That just really gets to me, that whole subject. Anyway grandpa was talking to me about it. He's in agreement with me. He feels the same way about the pastor there. So we all talked about it. They're going to have a meeting soon about whether to hire him as full time pastor or keep him as an interim. I would say to NOT hire this guy as full time pastor. Either keep him as in interim or LET HIM GO! I don't trust him. He lost his focus! That's my opinion and I'm really good at reading ppl.
Ok, well that's all for now. I've written too much here. I'm going to relax and hopefully get a good nights rest tonight. I'm really tired. I need to get something to eat. Been a long day. Tomorrow I'm going to do some work for my grandpa, hauling off his trash, as well as mine. We're starting right at 8am so I think I'll turn in early tonight. So, till tomorrow ;} Goodnight!
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