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Topic: RELATIVES (02/15/18)
My Dysfunctional Family.





I suppose like the family of anyone else, I too have a dysfunctional family of relatives that communicate with me through Facebook and letters and Christmas Cards and are actually Mormon, while my Faith is NOW in the True Christ of the Bible. I do believe it is the Mormon emphasis on family that helps there. I was “shunned” by my Mormon relatives at first when I left the Church 22 years ago and I guess perseverance in my decision to leave that Church has ultimately paid off. Lots and lots of reassurances from God got me to the point that I never looked back. I do get the feeling from my Mormon relatives that the Church I go to now is at least legitimate, if not supposedly actually having the “Fullness of the Gospel”. Their words, not mine.



For me, after being LDS for the first 40 years of my life and having both priesthoods and being an Elder in the Church----the true Christ got my attention after the death of my only son who was 19 at that time. Christ simply developed in me a huge “Hunger for His Word” in ONLY the Bible and as I look back, it all is so similar to what people in the OT experienced.



I mistakenly at first, sent letters to all my Mormon relatives pointing out what was wrong in “this Mormon Doctrine or that one” ----- as if “I’ was going to change their minds. Did not convert anyone and it is God that causes any Increase ---but I can plant a lot of seeds.



I believe what I have finally learned through this dysfunctionality, is to keep the differences in our Faith at a distance, And, to always portray a Belief in the True Christ in myself, especially to my Mormon relatives. I actually spoke from the Mormon pulpit about the Peace of Christ at my mother’s funeral in 2012. Prior to her funeral, I do believe she found the True Christ, before she died as did my father on his deathbed. Of course, I will only be assured of that when I meet them in heaven.



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Dennis Gallemore
02/22/18
My wife and I both grew up in dysfunctional families, and we vowed not to make the same mistakes. We didn't; we made all new ones!
Susan Montaperto
02/22/18
Thank you for sharing. God is indeed gracious.

God Bless!
Caleb Cheong 
02/25/18
Thank you for the frank sharing. God worked through dysfunctional families of Jacob, Joseph, and King David. Surely, He’ll see you through!
Larry Whittington
02/26/18
This is a well written expression of faith and emotions.

Many of your points are right on target. We will be finally judged by our lives and whether it matches up with what God would demand or expect of us and not by what religious group (church) we associate with.