At first I was shocked, then confused. A few days ago I found myself sad. But now, I'm just flat out angry. Many of you know that we finally found a pastor last November after searching for 2 and a half years...YEARS! We were told his wife had severe rheumatoid arthritis and would not be able to make the move here with him. She was also staying behind to care for her elderly mother. Understandable...if it were true!
Last Wednesday night, our illustrious pastor had a "friend" sing a solo at church. He then introduced her to us as "the woman he intended to marry on Feb. 28th at 1:00 in the afternoon". Did I mention he followed that up with asking the deacon body to be his groomsmen?
A. When and why did you get divorced?
B. When were you going to tell us you got divorced?
C. Does your wife know about this?!?!?!
OK, I know C. is obviously not the point...but it does cross the mind when you hear a "married" person is going to "get married". This past Sunday he resigned. We are now without a pastor again...AGAIN! Am I angry that he's gone? No way! We could never have him as our pastor again because we could never fully believe he was being truthful!
Last night at church a large meeting was held with *unfortunately* an open microphone for those with questions and statements. The good, the bad AND the ugly came out then! Our sweet, sweet church administrator who was also on the pastor selection committee has been lied to and put in horribly awkward situations due to his lies now for the last few months...to the point that she is physically ill. And a dear, precious choir member thought all of this was her fault because she and her husband were the first to see the marriage license announcement in the paper. So much raw pain and heart break filled the room.
SIDEBAR: In the middle of the pain, two women decided to use the open mics as opportunity to discuss the choices of a man in the church post-mortem. One of them being his ex-wife and the other his lover (by the way, she decided to inform the church that she has no remorse for breaking up the marriage and is not sorry for the fornication---- can I just say, I was feeling the urge to break and run before the ceiling fell in or lightning popped her!)
So I don't feel sad anymore. I'm just mad. Mad that a supposed "man of God" could proclaim his love for Jesus and in the same breath cause tremendous disrupt and agony in Christ's Body, the Church. He will answer to God for this...maybe we'll let him stand beside the fornicating woman...
