(draft) When Someone Steps Out, Goes Away, Leaves...

​When someone steps out to do what God told them to do, whether their experience turns as what we humans label as 'good' or 'bad", don't say "I told you so" or "God didn't tell you to do that." If it's legal, not immoral and the person believes it is their vision for life or for God, don't try to stop them. Most importantly, don't bash them when they return with less-than-spectacular results. They learned something, which is the bottom line. God worked.

Job's life was torn apart. Loss of family, inventory/livestock, and health. All of the happenings were  still God's work. God allowed satan to do the work for a reason. So when people do something whether it turns out to not look so good, don't insist that you were right to try to stop them, or try to make them feel bad about stepping out. It was their process. God was there. God did, didn't do or allowed the experiences - good or bad. It was God work. Don't dare act like you can hear God better about their life than they can. You expect them to run their life but at the same time, when they make a decision you don't like, all of a sudden you're taking their life back from then and trying to run it.  Suddenly, you want to tell them they can't hear from God about their life as well as you can. You expect them to hear God enough to run their life IF they run it the way you want it to be ran. Shut up!  

When they return 'successful' and blessed, apologize for trying to stop them.
When they return 'unsuccessful' with more losses than wins, be glad to see them...and that's all. Don't call them 'prodigal'. They didn't leave wrong. They left to do what God called them to do at that point in God's process for their life.  Definitely don't wait until later and slip in an "I told you so'. Receive them, not as prodigal, but the way the biblical Prodigal was received when he returned home. Period. 




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