Rend your hearts and not your garments

#1 · February 4, 2016, 9:23 am

Posted by: forthrightmag <forthrightmag@...>

Stan Mitchell posted: "How will God handle it if I come back? I suspect that many people never come back to the Lord and the church because they imagine they will receive a hostile reception. Sadly, in many cases they are right. Brethren (and sisters) can be hard on each othe"

New post on Forthright Magazine

Rend your hearts and not your garments

by Stan Mitchell

How will God handle it if I come back?

I suspect that many people never come back to the Lord and the church because they imagine they will receive a hostile reception. Sadly, in many cases they are right. Brethren (and sisters) can be hard on each other. Even well meaning brethren can be awkward and ungracious when it comes to accepting the returning wrong doer. And we tend to be hard on ourselves. We know we have sinned, and we sense our unworthiness.

Note, however, the reception promised by the prophet Joel: “Yet even now,” he cries, “Return to me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping, and with mourning” (Joel 2:12). Read more of this post

Stan Mitchell | February 4, 2016 at 8:22 am | Categories: Articles, Reality Check | URL: http://wp.me/p1HIjv-6ut

--
To subscribe to Forthright Magazine, send ANY message to forthright-join@associate.com

To unsubscribe to Forthright, send ANY message to forthright-leave@associate.com

Please do not reply to this email. Replies will not be read. Use the links to the online articles for comments and questions. Subscriptions are the responsibility of the subscriber. Please use the easy instructions above. We do not ever manually subscribe or unsubscribe anyone, for your protection and ours.