Passage of the Day - February 16, 2013

Numbers 11:1-6

Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the Lord; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. ² The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord and the fire died out. ³ So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

⁴ The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat? ⁵ We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic, ⁶ but now our appetite is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna.”


Have you ever weighed different options, but leant so much to one side you were blinded from obvious reality?  This was me this past week.  In my heart I wanted the Anglican option to be the choice, so I even flirted with explaining away the Church of England’s decisions to allow homosexual priests who entered into civil partnerships to become bishops.  I even began to deceive myself into believing that I should reform it from the inside.  I asked God to reveal things I wasn’t thinking about, and He did.  I find it strange, though, that I was at a loss on Friday for a Bible passage and I prayed that God would show me the right one and John 17 (which I wasn’t exactly sure what passage that was) was what flashed in my mind.  It just happened to speak about unity, the very thing I have been discussing earlier.  The question is, “Why?”  Why have I gone down this path?  What is God telling/teaching me?  Telling/teaching us?  That is not always easy. 
I have decided to not join the Anglican Church at this time.  I can’t reconcile the actions of the CoE with the Bible.  The Anglican Church of North America does not endorse their decisions, but I can’t reconcile women priests to the Bible either and the ACNA does allow that, just as the CoE has for years.  Perhaps you may disagree, and if so, please let me know and the biblical basis for doing so.
These revelations have struck me to my core.  They have been very demoralizing.  I hope to work with God and my family to find a better path.  I have also decided to hold off baptizing my children until a new path is found.  Losing two months only makes the short-term window shorter.

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