But I will say this:
I apologize from the bottom of my heart for anything that has upset any of you. Please accept my apology.
I can't agree on shutting down sanctuaries as that was my hobby (to set them up). You will all just have to trust that I won't vote inappropriately with my sanc weight.
I will close the QT thread and cancel QT.
Let's start over in a non-toxic environment going forward.
Amen, apology accepted, and I have been praying for your housing situation to be resolved as quickly and painlessly as possible.
One thing from my perspective that I want to mention: A lot of times when someone approaches us with a problem, the improper (non loving) reply stems from the way they describe the problem on the forum - they post as either with a mean-spirited attack, or post with swear words, or post with an attitude that it could be better. We need to construct a true case for an improvement and discuss it for a while amongst each other - and then give it to a director that represents biblepay in a full coherent way and then
forward to me. Let's try to stop doing things in a mean spirited way.
1. Please let us know who the Directors are.. We cannot communicate with them if we don't know.
2. We cannot control how others talk, I think this is part of the problem. The answer to this is two-fold.
- We ALL work on speaking as if the orphans were in front of us.(Yes me too)
- We start with Grace... as was given to us. Nobody will be perfect, and if there is an expectation on how/when/where/what people should present themselves (aside from the previous starting point) then WE(the reader) should look for the meaning, and not judge the intent.
NOBODY is ever perfect. We can only work on ourselves.
Matthew 7:1-3
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?
We cannot allow ourselves to justify our negative actions. It doesn't matter what "They" do only what "I" do.
With that said, I am sorry I have offended you, and I know I have lashed back at times. (It becomes increasingly more difficult to respond kindly to someone that is attacking, but this is something we all must learn to do.)
