Cheryl

Don,
What a wonderful testimony! Thank you for reminding us that blasting someone who does not believe as we do will never help them to see the other side. I know for myself that if I am wrong on something, I would not help to demean me and ridicule me. I have been corrected by those who love me and shown the way. Where I have changed it has been because I love truth more than I love my own ego and admitting that I have been wrong is far better for me than holding on to error. It is wonderful to hear from men like you who have traveled down this road and have come to the place of accepting that God uses both men and women in his body. It helps us to put a human face and a human heart to those who are not yet where we are at. There is no guarantee that if we show complementarians respect and love that they will respect us enough to understand the scriptures from our eyes, but it will give them the opportunity to not shut the door to their heart from the Holy Spirit. In contrast an angry defensive attitude will most definitely help to harden their hearts. Let’s love our brothers and sisters enough in Christ to treat them with the love and respect that they deserve so that we may help and not hinder the Holy Spirit’s work in their lives.

Bravo, Don and thanks again for sharing a part of your story.