...you have a man in your church who is not supporting his family, or at least attempting it, or,
...you have a man in your church who is verbally/physically abusive to his wife and/or children?
Do you rebuke them? Are you heavy handed about these issues? Do you try to handle abusive situations on your own, or do you involve the authorities?
Do you regularly teach/preach to men about how to provide and care for their wives and children?
Just curious...sometimes I wonder if the reason there seems to be a weaker presence of men in some churches because they aren't taught or prompted to be stronger men at home....?
I am not a pastor. But I have been around ministers etc my entire life.
I think without being over intrusive or name calling.
It is every brother or sisters right in the body of Christ to talk to folks about serious situations.
I always run my idea or thougts by someone I respect.
I will approach someone if they have a noticable problem.
When I was around 20 years old.
this man in our church was just beating his young son in a stall in the Men's bathroom.
When he came out after hitting his son.
I looked him right in the eye's and said, what are you doing to him at home?
I assisted a man a short time who he and his wife would put welts on his daughter's legs...We didn't stay long.. it bordered on abuse imo...
I was done that way all my life. Nobody, including the pastor, ever said anything. In fact, additional punishments were encouraged because I was seen a a rebellious, disobedient child.
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I've gone and done it now! I'm on Facebook!!!
explain to me how a woman who works full time to provide for this family is supposed to pick up after them when they are physically capable of picking up after themselves? Where does it say the WOMAN is the maid, cook and chief bottle washer.
Nothing will make me madder, faster than for me to be ON MY WAY HOME from work and I get a call wanting to know what is for dinner and what "plans" do we have for the evening..and I get home and the house is a wreck and there are at least 3 able bodied MALES who could have: 1. put on a load of clothes, 2. taken out the trash 3. cleaned up after themselves in the kitchen 4. picked up any 1 of their 1000s of shoes that are blocking the door 5. cleaned their rooms 6. mowed the grass 7. picked up the junk around the yard...the list is endless...
but they all are just sitting there waiting for ME to feed them
where in the bible does it say that it is MY problem???
Oh girl, I am with you on this one. I finally told my husband not to ever call me again at work and ask me what was for dinner. He would call almost every day 30 minutes before time to leave work. He wouldn't ask how my day was going, etc. It was what are you cooking for dinner? He doesn't call and ask that anymore but he does aimlessly wonder around the house waiting on me to start cooking something but I'm not suppose to realize what he is doing. LOL
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