It's Sad

I have altered one of my previous posts and taken out a video due to some saddening news that has come out this past week. Michael Guglielmucci who wrote the song Healer and who in the video I have in a previous post, has come out stating that he was not suffering with a terminal illness and lied about it for two years. I was deeply saddened to hear this and I lift up in pray all those who have been affected by his poor decisions. There are some who are saying that we should no longer use the song Healer in any worship whatsoever. My opinion on that is this. Is there anything in the words of the song that are not biblical? Is not God our portion, our healer? I realize that this may cause people to stumble so caution must be used, but to say that the song was not from God I don't know. Who are we to know the mind of God? Also, it saddens me to read comments from people that are so hurtful and angry and negative. Some are even using this as a "See God doesn't exist. Look another Christian who fell." It saddens me that God is lumped in with people who make poor decisions. Let's remember, this is a man who yes deceived others but was also deceived himself. When we get our eyes off of God and onto ourselves the result is always trouble. Did he make a poor decision, YES. Was what he did wrong? Emphatically yes! But we must also remember we too make decisions every day that are against God and are just as wrong. Tell a lie here, take a pen from work that no one will miss. Just because they aren't as public as this doesn't make them any less offensive to God. This is why when you are in ministry you need to be constantly under covering, under authority. You need to be in constant prayer and self examination. Renewing your mind daily. Removing the "stinking thinking" as Pastor Syd always says. It is very dangerous ground that one stands one when we think that we got where we are because of our own doing. So I say all of that to say this. Keep your eyes focused on God. Pray continually. Pray for Michael Guglielmucci and his family. Pray for his healing spiritually and mentally. Pray for those who have been hurt by this. But don't let your view of God be changed due to what your eyes see. See who God truly is by reading His Word. He is the same yesterday, today and forever.