I want to take this opportunity to once again share an encounter I recently had online @ HELPinChrist.com... This young lady has gone down a road that many of us have - myself included... She's got a lot of self-examination to do now that she's given in to temptation and is now looking for a way to avoid facing what she's done... Based upon my own experience, I believe that God is working on her - please pray that He helps her make the right decisions and that He changes her heart... Her name and any overly personal information has obviously been changed or omitted...
And now, the exchange...
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My Name is: AnnabelleMy Challenge is: I am a missionary overseas. My father is a Pastor back home in the states. I fell in love with my co-worker. We both fell into sin. I'm now pregnant. Nobody knows about it yet, not even my family. They don't like the guy that I love. He has no work yet. I don't know what to do now. I'm afraid because I am one of the leaders in our church here. I don't [know] what to do. They are expecting highly from me.How can we help? Please help me, give me an advice. I love the Lord, and I want to be used by Him. But this what happened to me now. I'm so depressed, hopeless. I feel like if I will open this up they won't accept me. They will hate me all my life. Am I going to continue this pregnancy? Pls help me.
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I've got to say that you've got an interesting situation here... Though, I've got to say that no matter how complicated it may seem to you, the solution is pretty clear...
First, you're a missionary - therefore, I have to assume you are a born-again Christian, and if that's true, the Bible is your guide in life... If that's so, you know that the Bible addresses your situation specifically one more than just one occasion...
If you fell into sin - that's understandable because we are still human... However, in your desire to please and serve God, you know that you need to repent and confess your sin... In order to be obedient to your parents, they need to be told... In order to be submissive to those you are accountable to in ministry, they need to be told so that they can help you.
You mentioned that you are afraid because you are a leader, and they are "expecting highly" of you... You should be afraid because God's Word tells us that fornication is a sin, and the wages of sin is death...
If you truly love the Lord and want to be used by Him, you'll do what He said in His Word - this didn't "happen to you" You and your boyfriend did this... And when it comes to having sex to the point of getting pregnant, it may not even be accurate to say that you "fell" into sin... Sex is premeditated. And whether or not you're going to continue with this pregnancy should not even be a question to a true believer in Christ.
If the people you are in ministry with are Christians, they will not "hate you all [your] life" they will rally around you to help you have this baby.
There are a couple of messages I want you to listen to - it'll take about two hours, and I want you to write back to me when you're done listening to them so that we can talk about your situation.
I want you to know that I'm not judging you and your eternal soul - I'm sharing the Biblical truth with you so that you can get this straightened out in your life. This is not the end of the world for you - but you need to stop thinking about how this is devastating you, and how this looks to God - not to mention the life that is growing inside of you...
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