End times?

Couldn't sleep till near midnight last night, and woke up three hours later--why? been thinking about the whys and wherefores of why Suri& Gabe have to leave our church...and what happens to the tasks they will leave behind with no one skilled enough to handle them...tossed and turned, turned and tossed, even cried a little...
Later this morning wasn't any better. Started 'researching' on future material for worship services and felt BP levels rising (it did---175/95????jeepers!). A tranquilizer and 11 laps in the pool in the heat of the 9am sun did the trick: lowered the boiling pt BP, and cheered me up somewhat.Frolicking in the blue waters under the hot,hot sun does wonders to my soul anytime (and i'm the only one brave/foolish enough to be swimming under the hot sun in these parts!).

Had a marathon chat with Suri in the late afternoon. She explained again why they had to leave: they believe they need to leave our church in order to grow and be strong and come back when the time is right. Egging me to do the same. As working with the people there seems to be draining my energies (and making me age fast)...and the ship is sinking...it seems.

Suri shared her recent learnings: that we are entering the end times, and that churches who refuse to listen (like ours) will be put through a sieve to cull the true believers from the false ones.And that our church will have to experience a fall before it can truly rise and reach its potential heights in the Lord's kingdom.
That the members of the church all have 'issues' and baggage that prevent them from fully accepting the Lord in their lives, thus hindering the church's growth and salvation...and because of this, we will be included in the slaying...And that the fall of MMCC begins after its 40th year---which incidentally, we celebrated just yesterday with a bang!That the people are too engrossed in self and work and wealth, etc...and for them to be lifted up, they first need to be humbled. Who will survive the humbling? it is not for us to say...Incidentally, for the past two Sundays, Suri said she saw visions of angels with swords facing dark creatures with swishing tails---INSIDE OUR CHURCH while the preaching was going on!!

Has the fall begun? By next Sunday, Suri & Gabe will be gone, and so will Ptr. Cris. Already we have not seen the Grinos and the Pinedas...the Bocanegras have stopped attending Bible studies and Sunday schools where once they were just so happy to be there. By this Sunday, we shall have lost two Sunday school teachers, the pianist, and who knows what else soon---and to date we don't have a regular pastor, even! Who will handle the services with Ptr.Cris gone? Simbang Umaga,Christmas Eve and all the buzz that goes with it? Am already up to my eyebrows in Sunday school, the Council workshops, etc.Well,I guess when it's time to cross this bridge, i may well take Suri's advice. She says to say, "Ok, you want this and that? who will handle them?"

So it seems the dark clouds are about to descend any moment now. But i know there's a light behind it---and thereupon do i pin my hopes. But first we must survive the night.God have mercy on us all!