NOONE7 Posted July 18, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 18 Topic Count: 21 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 11,715 Content Per Day: 4.59 Reputation: 9,752 Days Won: 106 Joined: 04/29/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted July 18, 2017 On 7/15/2017 at 8:05 AM, Steve_ said: My mom used to say "There's people starving in Africa, eat your potatoes." It was hard for me to relate to, mainly because I lived in Millington. Michigan, not Africa. Besides, I was 8 years old and didn't really care what was going on it the world, just my little part of it. Some people find me hard to relate to anymore, especially the last couple of years. Especially since I've been down about as far as I could go, without having the Lord call me home. In the Spring of 2015, I started to have some problems with my left arm. I didn't think much of it because I was always having aches and pains. By that summer, I couldn't walk up steps anymore. And I grew weaker and weaker. That fall, I went to the doctor and he put me on pain med. From then on. my wife became my primary care giver. We tried to find out what was wrong with me, but I had a terrible doctor. Skip to 2016, summer. My wife left me and I could not take care of myself at all. So, I ended up in a nursing home in a wheelchair. Plus, I was now going through a divorce. In October, I was finally diagnosed with a mild form of Parkinson's and was put on medication and extensive rehab. Some people, especially in my church, make me feel a little like those starving Africans years ago. As I was indifferent to the struggles of the Africans, so people in my church are detached from my struggles. I'd had 3 people visit me, and no one calls me or my mom to find out how I'm doing. Why I don't know. By the way, August 1st I'm being discharged from the nursing home. Everyone says I'm good enough to go home. And I now use a walker instead of the wheelchair. Praying for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted July 18, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 952 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,573 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,051 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Sorry Steve, I do object! I state loud and clear. Nothing is wrong with Christians, nothing is wrong with the local body of Christ either! As testimony; I share that the church where I have been led by God has tended to my spiritual needs, my physical needs, and has given me opportunity to help others as well. It has been done without fail for the fifteen years I have been at the local body of Christ I was led to by God. NOW it is incumbent upon me to at least pick up the phone and share of my prayer needs with the church in order to have the elders know of what a need might be. Or call the deacon in charge of whatever my need is at the time I need help. I do have to be humble and not secretive nor proud! Plus I MUST participate when the call for help by the church body is rendered. I must contribute funding, and I must give physical time to such things as the widows day work projects, the staffing of regular help for widows, the funding of help for adopting parents, etc. I have had opportunity to help widows, This church body helps orphans and I must help fund it's needs. This local body of Christ Jesus takes abundant care of it's own. It provides temporary care when needed by the sick, it provides qualified counseling for the despondant, quidance for the young lovers about to enter into marriage. There is care, and there are very caring hard working volunteers and simply friends that lift each other up. That is the local body of my Lord that I know. I praise God for all the people gathered under it's timbers. I thank God for delivering me to the local body that has held so many saints together for so many years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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