Are We One Body?

Tonight the blog is going to be more about something that I feel some Christians and churches do that end up hurting other believers. In full disclosure I have to admit I am one of those hurt believers.

My husband and I went to a church in our area for about a year. Then there where something’s that we just did not agree with. I don’t want to go into what those things were in this blog because it is beside the point. So back to the point we were even in a home group there and we made what we thought at the time were a lot of good Christian friends in and out of that home group. After we left the church my husband and I tried to get together with some of these friends. They said they would let us know when would be a good time. I am thinking since it has been over a year later there was no good time.  I even got a letter from a lady at this church who did not know why we left the church and it blamed me for not forgiving others at the church and that God was not happy with me for just leaving like that. The funny thing was that I was not upset or anything bad with anyone at the church. God was just calling us to go to another church in the area where He had other plans for us that we could not do with the church we were at.  I do have to admit that getting that letter made me a little angry because she was butting in when she did not have all the facts. God very quickly told me to show her grace so I did.

We have seen some of these people off and on in the community and whenever we see them I will say most of them have been very nice to us. The problem that I have with it is that there are a few that ignore us and act like we are sinners for leaving the church. This is where I think we as believers need to show grace on both sides to each other. We as believers are One Body and we need each other to make up the whole Body. That church does one part of the Body really well. The church we are at now does another part of the Body really well and just happens to be where God has given my husband and I gifts and abilities to be used at this church. 

I am just asking believers to keep in mind just because someone may leave your church for another one do not out cast them for doing so (unless it is a cult which then they really need you). Anyways I just don’t understand why it is hard for us not to take it personally when someone leaves a church for another one. In our case and from what I know of others who have also left churches it is God calling them to a specific church to do a specific task that He has planned for them that they cannot do for whatever reason at the church they were in.

I am saddened by the loss of the friendships from that church. But I do have to say that there are few that still hang out with us. It is just sad that I can count them on one hand. Lets all show Christ love, grace and mercy to each other and act in one accord as the whole Body of Christ.