For the past 21 years, I had been on the fringe of the church community. What it means is that I was not part of the inner circle of the church. I attended the same church service week in and week out. I contributed financially. I contributed my time and service on the fringe.
Things change when we started to attend GKY. I am trying to stay on the fringe but it is getting harder and harder.
Why I prefer to be on the fringe? On the fringe it is easier to hear no evil, see no evil and say no evil. As a child, my family was the "church royalty" sort of speak, part of the inner circle. I saw and heard too much that it's a wonder I did not rebel against the church.
My attitude I realized, however, made it hard to have close connection with others in the church. It is well received, ties between two people are stronger once the two started to share confidences. In a church community sadly, the confidences shared is confidential information about other people instead of personal. It's difficult to resist. I may have fallen into the trap a couple of times. I think I'd better get one of these 'see no evil, hear no evil and say no evil' figurine as a reminder at the door before I leave home.
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