THE WOMEN AROUND JOHN WESLEY AT HOME ... - Kristoffersen

about you without thinking of God. You lead me straight tothe nearness of God”. Sarah was a jewel for Wesley.When Mrs. Molly Wesley had heard enough of theconversation, she stood up, and told the dinner guests Mrs.Ryan´ s whole married career. She criticised of her husbandin harsh words. She talked about her husband and hisfalseness, and much more to blacken his name withoutbeing any truth in what she said. One can think what anatmosphere spread there at the dinner table.Mrs. Molly Wesley made herself guilty of aspiritual-cultural maltreatment of her husband. At the sametime she betrayed her confidence. Bishop Francis J.McConnell says that the most intelligent explanation toMrs. Wesley´ s behaviour was that she was at least halfmad.We can may be agree with him, as we hear that Mollyopened letters, that John had written, and she addedpostscripts to hurt her husband and to make problems forhim.The references to Molly Wesley show that it wasnot easy for John Wesley. He met genuine human problemsin his nearest circle. We understand that John must havehad a strong psyche to be able to live through all this, tokeep his faith as well as his warm heart in tact as well as tocontinue to seek Christian perfection that we have learnt toknow as holiness. In everything that happened to JohnWesley we can see that he was a human person like hismother Susanna Wesley. Susanna played cards to get awayfrom stress, and she gave her children gymnastic trainingby giving her children ballet lessons. She let the balletteachers come home to the parsonage in Epworth to teachthem this art. If Susanna and John were ordinary people87