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Sis Lynn spake well:

> I guess what Im trying to say is that everyone has their personal
> convictions.  And I think if a person truly tries to follow after God, and
> listen to Him, He will show them what needs to go, and what can stay.
> Because for me to tell my sister that she shouldnt wear such and such is
> only going to put her on the defensive, and if she does stop wearing such
> and such, that most likely will be a conviction that comes from man, and not
> from God, and convictions we get from man, never stick with us. And we only
> become resentful....at least I did.  One lesson I learned is that God works
> with all of us in His time, and we shouldnt let other people control how God
> works with us.  

My pastor (Bro. John Koonce) said that when he was a child in the 
public school system, other students would ask him "What do you believe in?
What do you do?"  Instead of a much learned and wise answer these days that
he'd give, back then in his grade school years he say something like:  "Well,
you can't do this, and can't do that, and can't do this other thing, and
can't ....."  To the others ouside of the faith it became John's religion
became a list of "can" and "can't do's (primarily)."  He realized after he
did this a few times that to them, our faith was just a list of rules that
you abide by.  Sad to say, when you look *only* towards the outward appearance,
it is still that way as "a list of rules."

I well know that what's on the inside is reflected on what is on the outside.
I don't think anybody is *ever* taken aside to tell them to do this or that.
The concept we use is to let God do the work on them as the need arises.

Bro. Tyler