Harold, I’m making chicken

Poor old Harold, now Harold was a Christian man and he loved his wife dearly, his wife’s name was Mabel, now this couple was well on in years, into their 80’s and had been married for about 60 years, they no longer slept in the same room, Mabel had a nerve condition that caused her legs to jump during the night so they started using separate beds, well Harold began snoring so loudly that Mabel’s nerve condition got worse when trying to sleep so separate rooms became their life.

But, during waking hours you could not separate the two of the except for running errands or some such thing and Mabel would generally stay home. For about a year they had been bickering back and forth over nonsense things and neither one of them liked it. Harold became convinced that Mabel was losing her hearing and going deaf. One day while getting his regular checkup at the doctor Harold brought this up to his doctor and asked how he might determine if Mabel was indeed losing her hearing without upsetting her.

The doctor said that the next time Mabel was in a room that Harold should stand in the doorway and ask her a question and if she didn’t respond to then go halfway into the room and ask the question again and if she still did not respond then go to her and speak to her, telling her that he had already asked twice and that this was the third time that he had asked and since she could not hear him until he was up close that he was very concerned for her hearing and maybe she should see a hearing doctor so that they could stop all of the bickering that had been going on for so long. Well, Harold thought that this was an excellent idea so when he got home and later that evening Mabel was in the kitchen at the sink so Harold stood in the doorway and asked; “Mabel, honey, what are you preparing for dinner?” Well, Harold did not hear an answer so he then went halfway into the room and asked again; “Mabel, honey, what are you preparing for dinner?” Again Harold did not hear an answer. So now he goes on up to Mabel at the sink and taps her on the shoulder and says; “Mabel, honey, now I have asked you twice and now this is the third time, what are you preparing for dinner?” Mabel just turned around and looked Harold dead in the eye and said; “Harold, for goodness sake, for the third time I’m telling you that I am preparing chicken.”

Poor Harold, he was so concerned over the loss of hearing he believed Mabel was experiencing that he never thought that he himself may be suffering the problem. Now Harold would never have intentionally placed some burden on Mabel or cause her distress but in this case Harold’s perception was off, why?

Pride, lack of humility and judgment, all of us has a preconceived prejudice within us and it is rampant throughout the church. One group against another, lies and attacks based on lies, hatred for things one group does not understand about another, error through pride and prejudice, closed minds. Much like Harold who was proud of his own health and could not conceive that there may be a problem with him, he automatically assumed that Mabel had hearing problems and never once took a look at himself.

Today’s church is a watered down diluted form of the Christian Church and so also is the Bible that most people use, watered down, diluted, translated by various groups to suit their own philosophy and no one even knows this, why? Because no one cares enough to investigate the truth, Pastors go to seminary and learn only what has been decided by someone a century or two ago from the diluted Bible that suited their philosophy and whole volumes of that philosophy are written with out of context scripture thrown in to support this philosophy and then they preach it and continue to teach it along with the hatred of the truth, there is always enough of the truth thrown in to make it look good.

Today’s modern church has a lot of bells and whistles, entertainment but no spiritual connection, they have forgotten those who have gone on from here, they have forgotten the Holy Communion of the saints, it’s too much trouble, it isn’t entertaining enough, they have forgotten the Father in the worship, they have forgotten that we are seen and watched by Holy Ones who participate with us in the worship of the Lamb and of Almighty God, they have forgotten the Body and Blood of the Christ, Jesus, the Only Begotten Son of Almighty God and the Blessed Virgin who we know as Mary. It is forgotten by far too many for the sake of slick entertainment to keep the role call up and the money coming in to fill the coffers.

Where is the true worship? Where is the healing? Where is the love for one’s brother instead of the attitude of; well I have mine, sorry that you don’t have yours. Where are the workers that should be working?

Think about these things, Have questions? Contact me, I’m Monk Michael, ask.

May you be greatly blessed by the desire for complete truth, come to Jesus the Christ through truth and not through entertainment.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

In Christ,

Monk Michael

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