This has bee a struggle for me to determine for a long time. A corrupt youth pastor rented my son and his friends a house even though I asked him to not. My son had tried to open the window and it had been painted shut, and his hand went through the glass, severing a tendon. My husband was hoodwinked by the corrupt family, who were realtors and refused to urge my son to see a lawyer, like I wanted to do. My husband stood there and insisted that he knew Jim XXX and he would make good. It turned out to be misplaced faith. They never called when our son underwent surgery and insisted they would pay the bills. As soon as the statute of limitations was up they refused to pay a cent and returned all letters unread. It was callous.
Our son was left with a permanent injury. I won't go into the sordid details but the family was sickeningly corrupt. How can someone teach the bible - my husband said the one was a good teacher) and sin so recklessly and in-your-face? The youth pastor was on a cocktail of drugs and ran into a woman and killed her. He had connections and wasn't held accountable.
I wanted to see a lawyer but didn't push because Scripture tells you to not take another believer to court before unbelievers. But our son was left with a permanent injury and no compensation. It has torn my heart out and given me much anguish over people who owned a church, taught the bible, but did everything the opposite of what Scripture teaches. A woman from the church left there and told me that they ruined a lot of peoples faith and told me they were very corrupt realtors because she worked with them. The pastor left the church and talked to us before he left and had only bad to say about them. He said there are people who will never go to church again because of what they did. The youth pastor even got away with killing a woman.
They continued their corrupt dealings and got into a lot of trouble where they hurt a lot of children by something they did. Many children were permanently damaged. They got off with a slap on the wrist, got a new pastor, and are going on as if nothing happened with their church, while leaving mass destruction in their wake. A lot of people were angry after they damaged so many children yet had a booth at the towns fair advertising their church.
I have pleaded with God for years for justice and have not seen it. They had a slap on the wrist and their name was in the news nationwide and they had to close their real estate business. I just wonder about the decision I made and I don't think it was the right one. I know my husband was hoodwinked by them but I tried to follow Scripture and our son was burned. Have others dealt with situations of another believer acting so corruptly? If so, do you think you made the right or wrong decision? I've kicked myself and my husband for years as our son was left permanently harmed. My husband later contacted them and told them that he'll never trust again because of what they did. They were callous and never answered. They only care about themselves and I wonder why God doesn't put them in jail before they hurt more unsuspecting believers.
I wondered why someone follows Scripture only to get burned. God did show us that they were punished somewhat, but they never repaid our son for the harm they did. Has anyone else dealt with anything this serious - evil committed against you or a loved one by another believer? I walk close with God but certain things leave me unsettled. It made me think that the proper response all the time isn't just to forgive. I think there has to be more to it.
Our son was left with a permanent injury. I won't go into the sordid details but the family was sickeningly corrupt. How can someone teach the bible - my husband said the one was a good teacher) and sin so recklessly and in-your-face? The youth pastor was on a cocktail of drugs and ran into a woman and killed her. He had connections and wasn't held accountable.
I wanted to see a lawyer but didn't push because Scripture tells you to not take another believer to court before unbelievers. But our son was left with a permanent injury and no compensation. It has torn my heart out and given me much anguish over people who owned a church, taught the bible, but did everything the opposite of what Scripture teaches. A woman from the church left there and told me that they ruined a lot of peoples faith and told me they were very corrupt realtors because she worked with them. The pastor left the church and talked to us before he left and had only bad to say about them. He said there are people who will never go to church again because of what they did. The youth pastor even got away with killing a woman.
They continued their corrupt dealings and got into a lot of trouble where they hurt a lot of children by something they did. Many children were permanently damaged. They got off with a slap on the wrist, got a new pastor, and are going on as if nothing happened with their church, while leaving mass destruction in their wake. A lot of people were angry after they damaged so many children yet had a booth at the towns fair advertising their church.
I have pleaded with God for years for justice and have not seen it. They had a slap on the wrist and their name was in the news nationwide and they had to close their real estate business. I just wonder about the decision I made and I don't think it was the right one. I know my husband was hoodwinked by them but I tried to follow Scripture and our son was burned. Have others dealt with situations of another believer acting so corruptly? If so, do you think you made the right or wrong decision? I've kicked myself and my husband for years as our son was left permanently harmed. My husband later contacted them and told them that he'll never trust again because of what they did. They were callous and never answered. They only care about themselves and I wonder why God doesn't put them in jail before they hurt more unsuspecting believers.
I wondered why someone follows Scripture only to get burned. God did show us that they were punished somewhat, but they never repaid our son for the harm they did. Has anyone else dealt with anything this serious - evil committed against you or a loved one by another believer? I walk close with God but certain things leave me unsettled. It made me think that the proper response all the time isn't just to forgive. I think there has to be more to it.