Mole End

"An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered." "As he hurried along, eagerly anticipating the moment when he would be at home again among the things he knew and liked, the Mole saw clearly that he must keep to the pleasant places in which his lines were laid and which held adventure enough, in their way, to last a lifetime.

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

The World Turned Upside Down

From Ithchick's parents:
We want everyone to know that we have great love and respect for the heritage in which Carol was raised, and have tried to teach many of the underlying principles to our children. We have no problem at all with any of our children choosing to align themselves with the Primitive Baptist church. We wish that we had been able to walk through this decision with Rebecca, and that has been hard for us. Since Rebecca has come home, we have been very blessed and encouraged by her humble attitude and willingness to hear our concerns and respond rightly. She has asked our forgiveness for leaving us out of the loop, and we wholeheartedly have forgiven her. I think we've all learned through the situation and will draw closer to each other and the Lord.

From Me:
By now, most of you have probably heard of my rebaptism into the Primitive Baptist Church. My decision has shocked and confused a lot of people, so I want to clearly set forth my mind and heart in this matter. As long as I can remember, I have lived and worshipped in two kinds of Christian worlds. Both my home church and the P.B. churches that I visit are full of equally faithful believers who love and serve the Lord with all their heart, and I have been raised to love and respect both worlds in spite of differences. I have thought about this issue for a couple of years, though I realize now that I should have studied much more. I do not regret the decision to be rebabtized, but I regret my rash timing. When I go to school in the fall, I was planning on attending and thinking about joining the Jackson Primitive Baptist Church, and should have discussed my thoughts and their ramifications with my parents and P.B. elders who knew me and my family situation. Though most of my main reasons were good, there was an emotional element of wanting to be accepted into this world that I love that I did not recognize until later. My parents had encouraged me to wait and be baptized at the Jackson church, after I had talked with Elder David Pyles, and I wish that I had honored their desire. I have asked and received their forgiveness. The right thing done in the wrong way is the wrong thing. I have already seen how God is using this situation to humble my heart and change me. I would covet your prayers. Please tell anyone I know about this post, especially those of your parents who I know well, so that they can understand more clearly. Feel free to call about anything I did not make clear. I love you guys.

4 Comments:

At 9:58 AM, Blogger joe4444 said...

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At 11:08 AM, Blogger Cal-el of Krypton said...

I do think that we as a PB majority have given off the wrong impression on countless occasions that we feel that "other christian denominations aren't as sincere or serious in their worship as the PB's are." We do put down other denominations for their differences in practice and doctrine instead of listening to what the Bible teaches us to focus on. In Philippians 1:18 Paul and Timotheus tell us "...notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice."

Sure, we PB's do believe that we preach and teach the closest thing to what Christ and the apostles taught and that our worship practices coincide with those same teachings and we feel that our way is the best way. And our problem is that we focus on the "our way is the best way" to the point that we probably cause people to harden their hearts towards us. But that is NOT to say that other denominational christians are less sincere about Christ than we are, for that line of thinking is error!

I for one am praying for you daily and hope that you feel at peace! May the God of Hosts be with you!

Cal-el

 
At 7:03 AM, Blogger ithchick said...

No, Josiah, I'm still not convinced of that.

 
At 10:04 PM, Blogger polemic turtle said...

The only true church with doctrinal perfection is in heaven, to my reckoning, so it's our duty to do what we know to do in obedience what we know at the time. As jolly A. W. Pink said somewhere, "All sectarianism is rooted in spiritual immaturity ( and ignorance? )" and, in another place, "we only 'know in part', and not all Christians know the same 'part' as others do at different times in their lives." I think I embellished that quote a bit, but it still serves a purpose. :-\

 

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