In which Marvin vents over the predatory demands of his minister and the sudden shift of plans with his "buddy" Pastor Jim. The pressures of the job seem to be getting to Marvin as we hear him lash out.
The other day I received the following e-mail from Susanne, a woman who found out her some years ago that her husband has same-sex attractions. I felt so moved by her words that I asked her permission to share them with you on the blog. I (recently) saw your Doin Time... and I was the one who asked about your wife during the discussion period that followed. I just read your thoughts on What About the Spouse ....and I can say, most women who find out their husbands are gay feel ALL of those things you wondered about....some in more degrees than others... When my husband was dragged out of the closet because of his irreverent, immoral, and amoral behavior that our, then, 14 and 16 year old sons had to find on our home computer, I went into the closet. I didn't know what to pray for.... Do I pray that this will go away? Do I pray that he could go back to the way things were in our family before we knew about him,? Do I pray that I could go back to the way things were? After all ,...
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It sounds like your pastor is one of those who feels he must do the Holy Spirit's job for Him. You may need to help him understand the peace that there is when one "Lets go and lets God."
If the pastor refuses, I'd say your good nature is being exploited. Being Christlike in bearing burdens is one thing, but being a doormat is another.
Also, your pastor seems to have some very mistaken ideas on homosexuality. Could you perhaps write him a memo enlightening him? Perhaps this would clarify why doing things like assuming all singletons over a certain age are queer is a bad idea.
(Gah. Apparently if you switch to the Blogger beta, you can't post comments to non-Beta blogs with your new account. Could've mentioned THAT in the overview...)