Caroline
Puritan Board Sophomore
They are going for their interview with the elders probably this Sunday. The kids are fine about it and excited.
Is it okay to say that I am scared? In meetings like this, I invariably start to faint as soon as I walk into the room. I always get the sense that it will turn out that I messed up somehow and I'll get excommunicated and go to hell. This has nothing to do with the elders personally. They are nice guys. Just I can't stop panicking about what I might have missed.
I did everything I could think of. The kids have memorized the Lord's prayer, catechism (WSC for my daughter, modified Catechism for Young Children for my autistic son), Ten Commandments, Apostles Creed. My daughter knows Psalm 8, Psalm 23, Psalm 27, and Psalm 134 by memory and the Sh'ma in Hebrew and English. I added extra catechism questions for my son about the significance of the Lord's supper, preparation for it, and so on, to be sure he understood...
Did I miss something? If I did, they'll give me a chance to fix it, right?
Any suggestions on remaining calm?
Is it okay to say that I am scared? In meetings like this, I invariably start to faint as soon as I walk into the room. I always get the sense that it will turn out that I messed up somehow and I'll get excommunicated and go to hell. This has nothing to do with the elders personally. They are nice guys. Just I can't stop panicking about what I might have missed.
I did everything I could think of. The kids have memorized the Lord's prayer, catechism (WSC for my daughter, modified Catechism for Young Children for my autistic son), Ten Commandments, Apostles Creed. My daughter knows Psalm 8, Psalm 23, Psalm 27, and Psalm 134 by memory and the Sh'ma in Hebrew and English. I added extra catechism questions for my son about the significance of the Lord's supper, preparation for it, and so on, to be sure he understood...
Did I miss something? If I did, they'll give me a chance to fix it, right?
Any suggestions on remaining calm?