
If I could tell you one thing…
I’d tell you that Jesus is real and alive.
Maybe you used to believe it but your faith has gotten lost in
trauma,
hurt,
and confusion.
Maybe you have begun to wonder whether you only believed in Jesus because you were culturally conditioned, indoctrinated, and manipulated.
Now, you are afraid of being religious
afraid that you will once again become part of something deceptive and ugly
afraid you will become like the people who hurt you
afraid that you will believe something deeply and personally only to find out it was a lie.
Jesus is with you and He understands.
God is not the angry, vindictive authority that many preach Him to be. God sent His Son because of His love for you. God longs to be in relationship with you and to show you how much He cares. God is merciful and kind.
Religion in the hands of a human has the power to bless or to destroy.
If someone has used your faith to control you,
to shame you,
to blame you,
to discard you,
know that this was not the will of God.
You are his beloved and precious child.
At this moment, He is moving heaven and earth to show you that He loves you.
Call His name and watch for Him.
He is coming to help you.
What you have experienced in the past may have been a distortion of good, a perversion of the holy.
But one truth remains…
Jesus is alive and real. It is safe to trust in Jesus.
“No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:39 NLT
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