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The pastor wanted to know what he had lied about. For the first
time he admitted lying to Adriana and said he would tell her the truth.
As we were ending the session, the pastor told us the only way he
could help us as if we both became born again Christians again. Leroy
took my hand, looked at me and asked me if we could do this together.
My spirit would not let me become a hypocrite and fall under the
pastor's spell.
I felt I was being set up and I did not want to be hypocritical. I
started screaming and crying. I told Leroy I did not like him, and I just
wanted him to go away, go stay with his brother; give me some time
by myself. He knew I was dealing with crazy Jerome and the bimbos.
I prayed to God at that moment, to forgive me because I felt becoming
a born-again Christian was not the solution and I told them both. The
pastor then told Leroy he needed to give me my space.
By the end of the session, I was completely done with the pastor
because I felt like he had a hustle. He did not offer to continue
counseling since I did not accept his offer of being born again at that
moment. It was like either we believed what he believed, or he did not
want to have anything to do with us; so much for my new life as a
Baptist. After leaving Catholicism, the latest counseling experience
confirmed my doubt about the institution of the church.
I knew in my spirit that ministers were given the role of leading
God's flock. I just saw a minister who had no degree in counseling
people. I had asked him at the beginning of the session what kind of
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