I am not a huge "duggar fan" they are too legalistic for me. However, I am sad for them and any family in this type of public situation. But what I feel worse about is seeing how many mean and judgmental Christ followers are being towards them. I expect that from people who don't realize the forgiveness of sins, but we are called to be Christ-like we need to be more loving with our words and actions.
To cast judgement is just downright silly and people are sounding terribly ignorant. You do not even know the whole story – you just took what the media has present and have run with it. They do not owe you an explanation of how they handled the situation, or what took place...it’s NONE of your business!
One comment was, “I would not have married him if he had confessed that to me!” AWESOME, that's terrible!!! Let’s create a community where we lie, never bear each other’s burdens, and stuff our sins away so they eat at us and come out in other ways instead of dealing with them in a healthy manner. Let's teach people it’s not okay to have problems and work through them, let's not teach the Lord is all about forgiveness...I mean since you are so perfect and all!
Seriously, don’t be so hypocritical and self-righteous; each person has sin in their lives, how would you like yours set out for public ridicule and scorn?!
Where is the love???? The Lord commands us to be discerning and to speak the truth in love, to do whatever is good. Butsplashing hateful things on Facebook?...SMH!
It is really not about the Duggars…I have no idea all that has transpired…but what I see here on FB leads to me ask….
Is it TRUE? Is it HELPFUL? It is KIND? Is it NECESSARY?
#haveyouprayedforthemtoday? #ifnothenshutup! #ifyesthenshutupandprayagain
Response to critics....
1) I trust and value your input! I agree too...yet it's less about the Duggars and the situation and more about forgiveness and acceptance of others...love. Besides, if people don't like them and think they are judgmental why stoop to level that you see and abhor in others? So silly to me. I certainly don't condone them...but I still want to leave room for grace and understanding....for anyone.
2) I do not know enough about it to cast judgement on their actions......its not about the Duggars. Yet I feel terrible for any victim of sexual crimes - it's incredibly violating to the whole being.
3) I don't answer for them, just me. (But I don't agree with them either)!
4) I'm educated, I know the statistics! It's not about that, people! It's about how mean people are being, but take it as you may.
5) I certainly do not agree with the Duggars stand on many things, I hope that's loud and clear! Sexual crimes should never be covered or left to go without a proper course of tx.....but it really was not about that. It was about stepping back and removing our own planks. I'm not offended btw, but I'm smarter than I look, lol! šš
6) You reminded me of these verses: Galatians 6:1-10Living Bible (TLB)
6 Dear brothers, if a Christian is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help him back onto the right path, remembering that next time it might be one of you who is in the wrong. 2 Share each other’s troubles and problems, and so obey our Lord’s command. 3 If anyone thinks he is too great to stoop to this, he is fooling himself. He is really a nobody.
4 Let everyone be sure that he is doing his very best, for then he will have the personal satisfaction of work well done and won’t need to compare himself with someone else. 5 Each of us must bear some faults and burdens of his own. For none of us is perfect!
6 Those who are taught the Word of God should help their teachers by paying them.
7 Don’t be misled; remember that you can’t ignore God and get away with it: a man will always reap just the kind of crop he sows! 8 If he sows to please his own wrong desires, he will be planting seeds of evil and he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death; but if he plants the good things of the Spirit, he will reap the everlasting life that the Holy Spirit gives him. 9 And let us not get tired of doing what is right, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t get discouraged and give up. 10 That’s why whenever we can we should always be kind to everyone, and especially to our Christian brothers.
Addendum: sites to check out: they said it better than myself!
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