Sharing circle!!!

Hello girlies!!! I’m a 21 year old woman from a small town in the USA, this blog will remain mostly anonymous with the exception of a few pictures of my dog if you’re lucky. I grew up and got saved at a young age in a dirt road Baptist church, the kind where they have the big wooden plaque on the wall that tells you how much money they made in tithes and where we all stand still in a pew singing out of a hymn book that’s falling apart. I’m not picking fun at those churches, I’m very grateful for the community I had there; but do we really limit our worship to the same lady playing piano every Sunday and everyone singing in monotone voices while they look like they want to be anywhere else? After all the things my father has brought me through, i’m at least going to raise my hands! Due to religious strongholds in my life, I struggled a lot with God, it brought me to a point in my life where I hated God. I rebelled, I was angry, I cursed God, and I swore to never go back to church. I got to a point in my life where I had attempted self-harm and hated everyone, including myself. One day my mom had brought us to a new church, I was still in the point where I hated God, so I saw it as a burden more than anything. But when I actually started to listen to the messages that were being spoken, it opened my eyes to a lot of things. And that’s what I want to share with you! Not the feel-good, watered-down version of the gospel that religion created, but the true love of Jesus Christ in a time where we need it the most. I hope you all enjoy my first ever blog! Jesus loves you and so do I <3