Cheryl Schatz

Jane,
Thanks for praying about your comments and coming across very respectfully. I would like to comment on your typing because I think you are hitting the “hard return” or “enter” at the end of the lines you are typing because it is causing the words to appear like they are a new paragraph which can give a whole different view to what you are writing. When you comment, try to just keep typing and not hit the return until you are wanting to start a new paragraph and I think that will solve the problems in reading and understanding what you have written.

Jane, we have found what we are looking for. That one is Jesus and we are able to see Him in our brothers and sisters in Christ. If you turn away from the church, you are turning away from the the manifestation of the Lord Jesus who lives in each of us. While we may disagree with part of the church that sees a special privilege for men, they are still our brothers in Christ. We don’t have an option of discarding them and staying away from the gifts that they have been given for our benefit. If we let these things separate us, we will be isolated and alone and bitter. That is not the way that Jesus meant it to be.

I am sure that there are a lot of others here who have some words of wisdom for you. But my word to you is not to discard the body of the Lord Jesus if you say you love Him.