I highly recommend the book "Searching for Sunday" by Rachel Held Evans. I, too, have been going through this breakup and it's a messy, painful journey. You are not alone. ♡♡♡
I walked into the religious bookstore and told the poor clerk, "I just got out of an abusive church life after 25 years. I have to relearn everything about my entire faith. I'm too scared to open a Bible right now. Where do I start?"
And he immediately handed me this book. First off, kudos to him LOL and second, it was the wisest choice he could have offered me ♡
For spending the afternoon working on my yard with my FORMERLY estranged son. And then spending the evening with both of my children sharing stories laughing and eating awesome Indian food. God I give thanks
For this day. For my sobriety. For my wife and children. For a meaningful job that I like doing and am well paid for. For my wife's mother. For summer. For the fact that the mimosas I planted a few weeks ago look like they might live. For my friends. For AA meetings continuing on Zoom. I could keep going.......
for coffee in all its forms.
For you Nadia....you have no idea the help you've been as I break up with the Evangelicals...xo
I highly recommend the book "Searching for Sunday" by Rachel Held Evans. I, too, have been going through this breakup and it's a messy, painful journey. You are not alone. ♡♡♡
Oh, that's a great book...truly great and revitalizing.
I just ordered this book. Thank you for posting the suggestion.
YES! A wonderful, helpful book. Listened on Audible Books to Rachel's voice! A gift.
I have a number of her books but not that one...just ordered thank you all!!!
I walked into the religious bookstore and told the poor clerk, "I just got out of an abusive church life after 25 years. I have to relearn everything about my entire faith. I'm too scared to open a Bible right now. Where do I start?"
And he immediately handed me this book. First off, kudos to him LOL and second, it was the wisest choice he could have offered me ♡
Thank you. These were so lovely to read and felt like an antidote to the contestant stream of doom and depression that flows from the media.
For windchimes on my porch that make storms sound like Holy Spirit song.
For my exhausting job as a waitress that has given me the best friends and helps pay bills so that I can stay in the house God provided.
For my husband's desire to grow spiritually together
For seminary for destroying my faith so I can learn to build it back with Holy Spirit's guidance.
For ministry burn out, so that I can learn how to be a regular church member again
For strong female discussion groups that challenge me that God brought to me.
For my counselor who regularly reminds me to do things that are good for me.
For God's provision of food, and God's leading in having a better relationship with food.
For grace in learning how to be an ally in the BLM movement
Holy crap. That was like an antidepressant. My brain is all tingly. I'm so thankful for this page!! Thank you, Nadia!
For spending the afternoon working on my yard with my FORMERLY estranged son. And then spending the evening with both of my children sharing stories laughing and eating awesome Indian food. God I give thanks
Thanks be to a God for reconciliation, good food and making sweet memories.
For grandchildren, who wrap my neck with tiny arms and fill my soul with hope, I give thanks.
For lymphoma being gone from my foot, I thank you O Lord.
For what is: the sunlight streaming through the windows, a sleeping cat, a pending walk in the woods today, I am grateful.
I'm grateful for God's antidepressants as well as for Man's antidepressants. Together, they allow me the space to live and thrive. ♡
For music...the safe space for my mind and soul to land
For my dog wagging his tail in his sleep.
for unexpected job offerings, I give thanks.
for love that survives the tests of pandemic and new jobs, I give thanks.
For a service dog afraid of thunder, who needs me as much as I need her.
For the wind in my face as my husband and I take off on a morning motorcycle ride, also for the presence of God with me on the back of that bike.
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I love this!!
For this day. For my sobriety. For my wife and children. For a meaningful job that I like doing and am well paid for. For my wife's mother. For summer. For the fact that the mimosas I planted a few weeks ago look like they might live. For my friends. For AA meetings continuing on Zoom. I could keep going.......
For those with more patience and perspective than me, who lovingly guide my thoughts and model better behavior, I give thanks.
Ooh, same here Mark!