Healing Comes in Many Forms

 Healing comes in many forms. 

Sometimes it is hard grueling work that one does daily to weed out the darkness. 

Sometimes it is a hike in nature, surrounded by the calm serenity that only the natural world brings.

But other times.…

Other times it is through people. People who, but no knowledge of their own, step in and become a balm on open wounds. 

This is that place for me. 

Not the building or the music work.

But the adults and children who have surrounded me and my family with the deepest love for our true selves.   The endless outpouring of love and community service (within and without the church) without true joy in their hearts.  

Deconstructing your faith is hard and hurts so much. You lose so many people, and lose a part of yourself in the process ( granted what you gain is unbeatable) . 

True Christian love is not found in open sacrifice and accolades. It is found in the hard things. The nitty gritty. The behind the scenes work and in service because they WANT to, not because they have to. 

The last few years have been really hard. 

But this moment, when no one knew, God healed a part of myself I never thought possible.  

-Amber Schultz 2023