Bridezilla

By Gayle Johnson Bragg

For the last 2 months, my family has been under severe spiritual attack. I mean severe. Every day something new happens. Even when something good happens, it is immediately replaced by another spiritual hit. 

It all started when I began teaching spiritual warfare in Sunday school. At first, everything was going ok. A few flaming arrows, but nothing severe. Then everything changed. The hits came daily when I started binding the strong men listed in the Bible. And they were enough to start ripping the very fabric of my family. The one place of spiritual refuge I had was inside my church. 

But then, even that changed. The attacks started coming from inside the church. The very people I turned to for support started ripping the already fragile fabric of my family. You see, after 2 months of constant warfare, the behavior of my grandchildren started changing. They were feeling the stress too, and especially for an already hyperactive 3 year old, his behavior became worse. Instead of volunteering to help with him, we were attacked for his behavior. 

Now, I'm one who believes that a child needs to LEARN to behave in church. They can't learn that in the nursery. Going to the nursery for bad behavior is a reward. What he learns is, if I act badly in church, I get to go play. Wrong message. 

The hits also included attacks on my husband's character. Undeserved attacks. Because the attacker didn't bother to find out the truth. They just attacked. See Satan working there? I do. 

I have a strong faith in God, and He has granted me wisdom, knowledge and discernment because I ask for them daily. I KNOW what is going on. Satan comes only to kill, steal and destroy. (John 10:10) He wants to kill my faith, steal my joy and destroy my family AND my church. 

I have seen SO MANY people wounded by the Bridezilla of the church.   The attitude that some people are just not worthy of the Grace of God is prevalent in the Bride of Christ, that the victim is more worthy than the offender of God's grace and mercy. When did we forget that we are ambassadors of Christ? (2 Cor. 5:20) We SAY we follow Christ, but did we forget that where He leads is to the sick and hurting, not to the "Religious" people?  (Mat. 9:10-13) Did we forget that Jesus hung out with the sinners, not the saints? You know who He hung out with, the tax collectors and prostitutes, the very bottom of the social ladder. He called the Pharisees a "brood of vipers".  (Read everything Jesus said about the Pharisees in Mat. 23: 13-39). And don't forget who screamed out "Crucify him!"  That was the religious people, not the sinners He came to save. (Mark 15:9-14)

So, what have I learned from these attacks? I AM the one who judges others, even when I don't know their story. I AM the one who thinks God's grace and mercy are only for the "religious".  I AM the one who shouted "Crucify him!"  I AM the one who held the nail.  I AM Bridezilla. 

God make me Holy because You are Holy. 

“You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.”

‭‭Leviticus‬ ‭20:26‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Don't be a Bridezilla. Be Christ like.