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He experienced grace upon grace. The biggest one to me is this: he realized that you don’t have to have closure! WOW!!! I can think of so many loose ends and what he is saying is that sometimes the loose ends will stay loose!

In such situations, Grace gets us through it without losing our relianace on Jesus. Sometimes, within the chaos is an even larger mess waiting for us. We find ourselves in a descent, expecting a turn at the bottom of the J. Sometimes, the turn is not going to happen because we are intended to go on a new journey and the old life needs to be torched for that to happen. How do you know when to stay or go?

Sheep are prone to wonder. They go from one pit and, shortly after being released, will fall into another. They are easily lead astray by false leaders. I will have to tell what the preacher said in Sand Point. When things go well, systemic weaknesses in ministry are masked. When accusations are made, we are devastated, even when there is no deliberate criminality. It reminds us how much we rely on social approval.

Christian leaders are flawed because of their sinful nature and limited vision and lack of full knowledge. Jesus knew what we were (lost sinners) and he loved us in spite of that. It’s hard for leaders when the church/Christians hurts us because it is an unexpected source. Our imperfections means that we don’t always live up to what we believe. We sin and make mistakes.

Ch. 4 Yeah! Church wounds. I wonder if wounds from Christians count, too. Just today, I smiled and acted nonchalant when someone innocently mentioned someone who took actions that wounded me deeply. I wasn’t the target, but I received flying schrapnel. He flips the script. All of us who have been wounded can think about those whome we have wounded. God often puts us on a new journey by making it impossible to stay.