Kahiel
Active Member
I hate bother you all with this because I feel like I am always complaining, but I really need prayer for my family.
About a month or a month-and-a-half ago, my brother-in-law called my wife and informed her that he is really a woman named Ashley and he is having hormone treatments. Naturally this broke my wife's heart. My wife has been trying to work through her emotions about this situation, but at the same time her brother and other members of the family have been picking on her because she's "not tolerant."
When I met my wife I was an agnostic. She grew up in a very strict Baptist church and school. Her father was a deacon and taught Bible study. They were very firm and stalwart in their faith. About ten years ago that changed. My father-in-law is now a supporter of homosexual marriage and has taken a very "flexible" view of Scripture. (He bragged to me that he was part of a Sunday school where they all came with questions to discuss and "there are not right answers." You could have knocked me over with a feather.)
My father-in-law posted on Facebook that my brother-in-law's dog had a boarding appointment for Thanksgiving. We made it clear when he made the announcement that we would not go to my brother-in-law's for Thanksgiving. We would be happy to have Thanksgiving with him at my father-in-law's if he dressed appropriately. The catch is that we will not expose my nine-year-old son to this kind of mental illness. (Oh and my son is being assessed for an eating disorder this week.)
My brother-in-law has twisted everything my wife has said but no one else in her family will bother to call her and ask her what she's actually said.
So, my father and mother-in-law and one sister-in-law have taken her brother's side and have been chastising my wife for being judgemental. She has been trying to navigate this twist by trying to love her brother, but she cannot accept his sinful decisions. My wife just got off the phone with her parents where they threw ME under the bus and called me immoral because I am in ministry rather than finding a secular job (which is not where God wants me right now).
My wife has, in essence lost her brother, one sister and now both of her parents who are painting her has the bad person in all this.
I could go on, but I won't continue. Please be in prayer for strength as we stand up for what is right and guidance as we attempt to navigate this twist in our lives.
About a month or a month-and-a-half ago, my brother-in-law called my wife and informed her that he is really a woman named Ashley and he is having hormone treatments. Naturally this broke my wife's heart. My wife has been trying to work through her emotions about this situation, but at the same time her brother and other members of the family have been picking on her because she's "not tolerant."
When I met my wife I was an agnostic. She grew up in a very strict Baptist church and school. Her father was a deacon and taught Bible study. They were very firm and stalwart in their faith. About ten years ago that changed. My father-in-law is now a supporter of homosexual marriage and has taken a very "flexible" view of Scripture. (He bragged to me that he was part of a Sunday school where they all came with questions to discuss and "there are not right answers." You could have knocked me over with a feather.)
My father-in-law posted on Facebook that my brother-in-law's dog had a boarding appointment for Thanksgiving. We made it clear when he made the announcement that we would not go to my brother-in-law's for Thanksgiving. We would be happy to have Thanksgiving with him at my father-in-law's if he dressed appropriately. The catch is that we will not expose my nine-year-old son to this kind of mental illness. (Oh and my son is being assessed for an eating disorder this week.)
My brother-in-law has twisted everything my wife has said but no one else in her family will bother to call her and ask her what she's actually said.
So, my father and mother-in-law and one sister-in-law have taken her brother's side and have been chastising my wife for being judgemental. She has been trying to navigate this twist by trying to love her brother, but she cannot accept his sinful decisions. My wife just got off the phone with her parents where they threw ME under the bus and called me immoral because I am in ministry rather than finding a secular job (which is not where God wants me right now).
My wife has, in essence lost her brother, one sister and now both of her parents who are painting her has the bad person in all this.
I could go on, but I won't continue. Please be in prayer for strength as we stand up for what is right and guidance as we attempt to navigate this twist in our lives.
