This week I have lost a wonderful friend and spiritual sister to a delusion she has begun to hold onto which separates her from me and from the church. I hope and pray that she will return to the flock, that she will see clearly the error that she has begun to hold onto and will repent. Sometimes those who seem to be the most spiritually strong can actually prove to be the most vulnerable or so it seems to me.
I never would have envisioned my friend misunderstanding and misapplying scripture as she has done. But that can happen to anyone if they don't remain close to God and depend on him, and not on our own ways of thinking. The Bible tells us that the heart (mind) is deceitful above all things. We should never begin to trust our own thoughts when it comes to reading the Bible. God is the interpreter of his own words, not our minds or thoughts.
All I can do now is pray for my friend and be ready to welcome her back completely when she returns to God and to the church. The idea that any of us can fall into this trap of Satan is horrifying. I miss my friend deeply.
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