I'm sorry all of these posts are coming all random, I can't publish and rearrange posts which is frustrating.
Anyhoo, what I wanted to let everyone know.
As some people already know, I am staying with relatives of my dad who are not Christian- and my dad has not told any of my family here about my conversion.
This of course has been a problem and I have been wrestling with this issue all week and before I got here. I figured I would just have to do what I always did I home, which was to tell a 'technical truth'.
It did not sit well in my Spirit and I have been having major issues with this all week.
God has been speaking to me about 'deceit', kept propping up everywhere.
Now, I know what a lie is- or so I thought, and a 'white lie', 'half-truth' etc...- but the bible differentiates deceit separately- and it came to my attention.
So I did a quick online study on it and felt very convicted. I was planning on making some excuse and go to Church tomorrow. (I've been dreading what to do about this since forever) I realised I could not do this as I would be sinning intentionally.
So, I have just informed my aunt and uncle- and they both seemed very shocked. They did not expect it. I feel very angry at myself and also at my parents for putting them and me in this position. They have been deceived after all, and being deceived is breaking trust. I should have plucked up the courage sooner and told them straight away.
I pray my relationship with them can be mended, and also ( I think my uncle went to see my great-aunt- possibly also calling my parents in London) that our family relations do not become strained because of this. I also pray that they will let me stay here- they might feel I might be a bad influence on their children ( would be hurtful, but I would understand)
I don't think they will stop me going to Church tomorrow. (NB: Finally decided to attend the Church my supervising doctors go to.)
I know I have done the right thing for once on this, and not gone the easy way- and sometimes the path to righteousness is not the straight and easy one. This was worse than telling my parents because my parents sussed it out, whereas here I had to tell them upfront. I hate having to be a grown-up sometimes.
On a positive note, my trip so far has been great and you'll get a lot more positive updates from the last few days, and hopefully the remainder of the trip also.
(My apologies for being very verbose- but this would otherwise never get done :P, Ill try to keep short with the next updates)
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