Girls PJ's are Pants?

[SavedLou]

Originally Posted by TRFrance

I remember a case of a Japanese exchange student who had come to Pentecost. She had been baptized but hadn't received the Holy Ghost yet. I was in NY at the time, and she had spent some time in Texas before coming up to NY for a while, to stay with friends, I believe.

She told me how one of the church sisters she was staying with in Texas gave her a hard time about wearing makeup. Once, the sister took her to the bathroom and made her look in the mirror and said to her "See, don't you see how that makeup makes you look like a prostitute?" My heart just sank when I heard that.

She went back to Japan about a month or two later. About a month after that, we received an email from her saying she had gotten the Holy Ghost in Japan! I was so happy for her, and I was glad she had hung in there. Praise God!!

But I couldn't help but wonder how many people we have lost over the years, through overzealousness and insensitivity. I know it must hurt God's heart. It hurts me, for sure.

i'm so glad she stuck with it and didn't give up despite some ole' holier than thou comments. that's rare.

reminds me of a sermon i heard bro. t.f. tenney preach about holiness. he said it was never meant to be used to beat someone over the head with.

he said he had a pastor friend who called him crying one day and said that he (the friend) preached a message on standards one night and he saw a visitor slip in who was very made up...jeweled up, etc. and when he saw her he got angry and preached those standards harder than ever cause he thought she needed to hear it...went down the line...preaching against everything she probably had on.

well he told bro. tenney that he found out that visitor committed suicide the next day and left a note that said "i searched for happiness, tried everything, even tried church, but they don't want me either". very true story! very very sad! later that friend was truly sorry and convicted about his condemning sermon, but a lonely soul left his church that night feeling even emptier. i'll NEVER forget that message.