CHRISTIAN PARENTS of ESTRANGED ADULT CHILDREN Community Group
Estrangement makes it difficult to talk about with family, friends, neighbors and church members. Christians are NOT immune to broken families. Talk about your experiences with those who know how you feel and get positive support through your Christian faith...."In these last days difficult times will come, for men will be lovers of self...disobedient to parents,...
I was going through some old files on the computer tonight and came across a file called "where God wants me" it is a power point presentation about the 9-11 disaster at the twin towers. It gave a quick blurb about why some people survived. One man was wearing a new pair of shoes and he had developed a blister on his foot. He stopped to buy a bandage, which is why he is alive today.
In God's time the estrangement will pass. We are all growing and learning through this experience.
In God's time the estrangement will pass. We are all growing and learning through this experience.
One incident that sticks out in my mind is about snowmobiling. My DH and I were riding along a trail in the woods and I was in front - not going too fast. All of a sudden I was looking at a deer's body in front of my face as it was jumping over the front of my snowmobile hood. Had I been going one millionth of a second faster, it would have hit me in the head and would have either been killed instantly or lost control of my snowmobile and hit a tree and been killed.
Since we do not know whether or not we will be alive five minutes from now, it is up to us individually to have confidence that we know Christ as our Savior.
Psalm 139:16, “Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them.”
My personal feeling about when estrangements will end is that some will, some won't, some shouldn't. (i.e. physical abuse, sexual abuse). "Thy will be done..."