Originally Posted by hippiechick

Alffe, I'm sorry that I sounded so crass last night; I didn't mean "just" a "test" - I meant that sometimes God tests our faith in different ways. I really do understand - I had just come from church when I saw your post. I had dealt with a lot of people last night and had received a lot of bad news about a very, very close friend and it was so unexpected. And yet someone else just seemed to throw it aside as if it were nothing. I know that I fail so, so often and I am so ashamed of that. I pray that I can be better and yet I'm afraid that I won't be because I'm all too human. I know that you are grieving and you are experiencing a huge loss of friendship and, not only that, it's an unjust loss as well. You've had to watch friends persecuted for their faith. I am sorry for that, I am sorry for your hurt feelings, and I am so very sorry that I hurt you, too. Maybe I should just go back to "lurking". I really didn't mean my comment the way it sounded last night. I'm so sorry.

Originally Posted by Brokenfriend

The church that I went to split. The people started talked against the pastor,and other people in the church. Everyone went their separate ways to dozens of different churches. There where many divorces among the married members. There was allot of hurt all around. It was a non denominational church,and the core of the Church where very young. BF