They say you are not welcomed here - Hatred of people who are different
They say you are not welcomed here - Hatred of people who are different Today I had an interesting conversation with a pastor of a traditional liturgical church here in town.
I have been a part of this church for over 4 years. I have been told many times that I am not welcomed here and have been kept from being hired for jobs that my fellow parishioners have had to fill for their businesses etc.
I have done volunteer jobs around the parish without pay as well as never a thank you either.
Many have used the excuse of my being handicap others just show coldness not only to me but to other members of the parish and community as well.
To them I have many faults
#1 First this is state where the War Between the States started and I am “not from here” as they will remind you continually. To them if you are not from here you are a D**M Yankee.
#2 I am an Orthodox Messianic Jew and am not welcome. Racial hatred of Jews is still paramount here.
#3 I am not rich nor well off so I am not capable of donating large sums of money to their “pet projects” .They always have a project to send the teenagers of the parish somewhere. They have fundraisers to pay for the trip but there is no one in the parish that cannot afford to pay for their own child, thy act as if they are so poor.
#4 I am somewhat handicap, near homeless and many times without food because they as well as the community here have kept my business from succeeding and me from work because I refuse to go on food stamps or any type of government assistance.
This makes them mad because they think their way is the only way and I refuse,
I have preached the same message taking social service, education etc out of the hands of the government and putting it into the hands of private individuals and churches, synagogues etc.
They think since I refuse to go the government's easy way that I must be psychotic simply because I believe G-D’s way is the better and only way.
This Pastor as I have heard from various people have told others not to hire me for work. He wants to MAKE ME bow down and FORCE ME to take government welfare. To put it mildly I feel like he is trying to rape me, this may be strong words but it is the truth.
I have lost all trust for people of this parish, this community, and especially this pastor. When he hears I am suffering you can see the abundant joyfulness on his face, and this is so sad.
Through all of this I Praise G-D and give Him all the glory and praise, Amen.
Long time ago I have learned, to not put your trust in people; they will try to take advantage of you if they can.
I have learned long ago to look for the fruits of the spirit in a person’s life to see if they really have a deep & personal relationship with G-D.
As I see in this parish and at most churches in this town's their fruit is rotten and they will have a surprise at the end of their life.
Do I go around and act out hate toward these people? No! I go about being nice to them and encouraging them as the Scripture says in Romans 12:19-21 (King James Version)
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
So this is what I do as much as I can I.
One interesting note, one of the person’s that has tried to get rid of me came up to me one Sunday morning said ” You, don’t belong here". I opened my mouth and literally, G-D gave me the words to speak, I said, “I am sorry you are a bigot but G-D loves me. She was a gasp and could not say anything I thought of Daniel in the lion’s den. She left and I found the pastor and told him what I said and he congratulated me. Unfortunately, he was forced to leave and take another parish for he was not from here and not their "cup of tea".
Months later her husband was going to the same door as me in the parish hall, I opened it for him, and I said have a great day, you could see the absolute hatred on his face toward me, but I smiled and was nice to him. As it says it heaps coal s of fire on him and that week he killed himself on their front yard.
For a church that is over 150 years and cannot get 60 people to show up for service shows the grounded hate that is prevalent in this parish as well as in this community. The whole town is stranded in cliques, ingrowness and small family churches by people not fully trained who just got up and started preaching. One thing for sure, if you are different than them, they will claim you have mental illness. fraud or what ever to try to discredit you. Of course they are talking about themselves for they are looking a the beam in their eye Matthew 7 (King James Version)Matthew 7:1 - 5 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
The census shows that people are leaving this area even the kids go to college etc, they leave for other parts of the country. It been said that in 20 years this community will be gone unless a real miracle of G-D and people’s hearts truly have changed
All of this reminds me of Star Trek show where Data put out a do not enter beacon out to keep people from crossing into the area of space that a hidden planet with a dangerous civilization is, reminds me of this city and state.
Do not worry what the mad haters are doing but watch your back.
Go in Peace and serve G-D. Amen©2006 by Rabbi Dale All Rights Reserved
I have been a part of this church for over 4 years. I have been told many times that I am not welcomed here and have been kept from being hired for jobs that my fellow parishioners have had to fill for their businesses etc.
I have done volunteer jobs around the parish without pay as well as never a thank you either.
Many have used the excuse of my being handicap others just show coldness not only to me but to other members of the parish and community as well.
To them I have many faults
#1 First this is state where the War Between the States started and I am “not from here” as they will remind you continually. To them if you are not from here you are a D**M Yankee.
#2 I am an Orthodox Messianic Jew and am not welcome. Racial hatred of Jews is still paramount here.
#3 I am not rich nor well off so I am not capable of donating large sums of money to their “pet projects” .They always have a project to send the teenagers of the parish somewhere. They have fundraisers to pay for the trip but there is no one in the parish that cannot afford to pay for their own child, thy act as if they are so poor.
#4 I am somewhat handicap, near homeless and many times without food because they as well as the community here have kept my business from succeeding and me from work because I refuse to go on food stamps or any type of government assistance.
This makes them mad because they think their way is the only way and I refuse,
I have preached the same message taking social service, education etc out of the hands of the government and putting it into the hands of private individuals and churches, synagogues etc.
They think since I refuse to go the government's easy way that I must be psychotic simply because I believe G-D’s way is the better and only way.
This Pastor as I have heard from various people have told others not to hire me for work. He wants to MAKE ME bow down and FORCE ME to take government welfare. To put it mildly I feel like he is trying to rape me, this may be strong words but it is the truth.
I have lost all trust for people of this parish, this community, and especially this pastor. When he hears I am suffering you can see the abundant joyfulness on his face, and this is so sad.
Through all of this I Praise G-D and give Him all the glory and praise, Amen.
Long time ago I have learned, to not put your trust in people; they will try to take advantage of you if they can.
I have learned long ago to look for the fruits of the spirit in a person’s life to see if they really have a deep & personal relationship with G-D.
As I see in this parish and at most churches in this town's their fruit is rotten and they will have a surprise at the end of their life.
Do I go around and act out hate toward these people? No! I go about being nice to them and encouraging them as the Scripture says in Romans 12:19-21 (King James Version)
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
So this is what I do as much as I can I.
One interesting note, one of the person’s that has tried to get rid of me came up to me one Sunday morning said ” You, don’t belong here". I opened my mouth and literally, G-D gave me the words to speak, I said, “I am sorry you are a bigot but G-D loves me. She was a gasp and could not say anything I thought of Daniel in the lion’s den. She left and I found the pastor and told him what I said and he congratulated me. Unfortunately, he was forced to leave and take another parish for he was not from here and not their "cup of tea".
Months later her husband was going to the same door as me in the parish hall, I opened it for him, and I said have a great day, you could see the absolute hatred on his face toward me, but I smiled and was nice to him. As it says it heaps coal s of fire on him and that week he killed himself on their front yard.
For a church that is over 150 years and cannot get 60 people to show up for service shows the grounded hate that is prevalent in this parish as well as in this community. The whole town is stranded in cliques, ingrowness and small family churches by people not fully trained who just got up and started preaching. One thing for sure, if you are different than them, they will claim you have mental illness. fraud or what ever to try to discredit you. Of course they are talking about themselves for they are looking a the beam in their eye Matthew 7 (King James Version)Matthew 7:1 - 5 1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
The census shows that people are leaving this area even the kids go to college etc, they leave for other parts of the country. It been said that in 20 years this community will be gone unless a real miracle of G-D and people’s hearts truly have changed
All of this reminds me of Star Trek show where Data put out a do not enter beacon out to keep people from crossing into the area of space that a hidden planet with a dangerous civilization is, reminds me of this city and state.
Do not worry what the mad haters are doing but watch your back.
Go in Peace and serve G-D. Amen©2006 by Rabbi Dale All Rights Reserved
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