Pastor Seth Trimmer from Oregon spoke on “Church Hurt”
A topic which is both universal and historical, he did assert
From a passage in Second Corinthians chapter thirteen
Even Paul struggled with the Corinth church, it was seen
He said that people hurt leaders and leaders hurt people
This is true in many workplaces but also under the steeple
But church hurt tends to hurt even more than other places
As our expectations are for loving and supportive bases
When we experience pain, we tend to want for it to stop
But God wants us to achieve growth as our pain we swap
Jesus knows all about pain, both physical and emotional
His pain helps us achieve glories, so it’s not just notional
Pastor Seth said there are three questions we should ask
When dealing with hurt in church or elsewhere is the task
Who hurt you? Were you hurt or were you harmed? is next
Was the hurt initiated or aggravated? then gives us context
Tim Fletcher says that healing requires a surrogate family
And of course that is what a church community should be
Excitement often leads to disappointment which we loath
We should follow on from there to adjustment and growth
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