Oh man this resonates so deeply. I was chronically unwell for three years, so I spent most of my time at home in bed by myself. Yet the loneliest point of my week was always going to church on Sunday. It just got harder and harder to keep going, and also to hold it together and not burst into tears. And then when I did burst into tears n…
Oh man this resonates so deeply. I was chronically unwell for three years, so I spent most of my time at home in bed by myself. Yet the loneliest point of my week was always going to church on Sunday. It just got harder and harder to keep going, and also to hold it together and not burst into tears. And then when I did burst into tears no one came to comfort me as they assumed it was just the Holy Spirit moving so they would leave me be (we’re Charismatics). I ended up leaving that church. It was a very hard decision, but definitely the right one. I now worship in a much smaller congregation where I feel seen and known. Church should be a place of belonging, not isolation. It breaks my heart to hear that my experience is common rather than rare.
Oh man this resonates so deeply. I was chronically unwell for three years, so I spent most of my time at home in bed by myself. Yet the loneliest point of my week was always going to church on Sunday. It just got harder and harder to keep going, and also to hold it together and not burst into tears. And then when I did burst into tears no one came to comfort me as they assumed it was just the Holy Spirit moving so they would leave me be (we’re Charismatics). I ended up leaving that church. It was a very hard decision, but definitely the right one. I now worship in a much smaller congregation where I feel seen and known. Church should be a place of belonging, not isolation. It breaks my heart to hear that my experience is common rather than rare.