As a christian I believe marriage should be for life. But I haven't managed to live up to that. True I managed 28 years with the first one, but only seven with the second. Now I live happily on my own. So I failed, but I have also survived and learnt a lot. Now I try not to criticise other people in how they live their lives. I think that sentence about going a mile in someone else's shoes is very pertinent. So at church I encourage people to look at their own failings and have sympathy for others. There is a desperately wrong attitude among some church goers in thinking themselves better than the people in the street who don't claim to be good. Let's face it we are all human beings with human failings. Not one of us can come up to God's standard. We all need Jesus. Read about a man with failings, yet God loved him. Interesting Bible People:Jacob
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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