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Sarah
But seriously, folks. We saw so much hatefulness meanness in our world back in the day from those who called themselves committed believers or committed Way Corps. It escalated to a whole new level that you wouldn't have believed it. Some serious damage was done to people's hearts and lives all in the name of exclusivity.
Let's spare the war stories. There are other forums for that. But thankfully a lot has changed and some reconciliations have begun to happen. But not enough yet in my opinion.
Did you know that it was filmed in the land of the cuddly wombat...and the fuzzy koala...and the leaping kangaroo (some bound up for hugs)...and the laughing kookaburra ('cos they like a good chuckle)? Aussies love big hugs!!
Thanks... yes, you get a big hug too... :-)
Sarah
One thing that seems clearer to me these many days after leaving The Way International, is that one of the most intimate and private things which we possess is our personal faith...While our outward actions may be an expression of our inner faith, they can also be a means of gaining favor among a friend or friends, sans the faith...When we volunteered to be in the way corps, faith in the Bible, at least as it was taught by TWI, was a given for all of the volunteers, therefore the actions we took, or the "expressions of our faith" were often one and the same...We read Ephesians every day, we retemorized, we did "lift lists", we got aerobic points, we wore wool suits and ties, we set our knife and fork across the plate diagonally when we finished our meals...We were like-minded...
Now, being on our own, like a rolling stone(Dylan), the program no longer dictates how we express our faith...We may choose TWI as a place to hang out or not, we may join an offshoot, a church, the flat earth society or become a deadhead...Our own faith will determine how and where we choose to spend our time...One mistake I've seen Biblical people make is synonymously interchanging "disobedience" with "lack of faith", especially when judging someone else's faith...
Every once in a while, I think of the scene in Forrest Gump, where Forrest was running and running, evidentally because he felt like it, and soon amassed a throng of followers who were running with him...When he eventually stopped, and said he didn't feel like running anymore, somebody from the crowd muttered "now what are we supposed to do?"....I suppose we all wondered the same thing, that is, if we did leave TWI...Hopefully, it's been a good path for most of us, and if our paths bring us alongside others from the old household, ... like that old '60's poster used to say, "it's beautiful"....
One long time buddy said "I can no longer communicate with you because the Word says evil associations corrupt good morals" or something like that. Geez! It's not like I was witnessing to him or anything. I have never seen or heard from him since.
No matter which side it comes from, whether you are the "leaver" or the "leavee" it is wrong to treat someone like that in my opinion.
Mike