Read this, gang. Sarah Frost Crew of Shiloh Place Ministries speaks the truth.
She writes:
This spiritual bypassing is what makes the church seem like insincere jerks sometimes who are uncomfortable with emotion.
This spiritual bypassing fueled my anger at God when people tried to encourage me to bypass my grief because they did not know how to deal with it.
This spiritual bypassing where we encourage people away from the sin a strong emotion might cause, instead of letting them feel their emotion and weeping with them, distances us from community and true relationship. That relationship is where you get a leg to stand on to encourage them later toward Jesus.
The Lord designed us in His image and so our emotions ARE Godly. As a Christian, I am learning how to be comfortable with human emotion. I am learning how to hug before I preach or bypass. I am learning to to stop talking and be still with them, instead of nonchalant invalidating without thinking.
Will you join me?
