rebelling against low expectations
I remember the times when I have been hurt by the church. Those were not good feelings. It destroyed my self-confidence, and it made me fearful and angry. As time went on, I became more and more withdrawn and reserved. To be honest, I began asking God what the church was for. As an introvert, I tend to be more independent, and I like to spend a good amount of time by myself. When I realized I was...
I remember the first time I walked into our new youth group. It was March of 2015. I remember being overwhelmed with the amount of students in the building. I wanted to dig a hole in the ground and hide. Forever. Welcome to one of the thoughts many introverts have. This is what it was like for me being an introvert in the church, at first anyway. My Life as an Introvert Introverts are people who...
“I’m no longer a slave to fear, I am a child of God.” The first time I heard the song “No Longer Slaves” by Bethel was at our church’s summer camp in 2015. The lyrics hit me hard. I realized that I was no longer captive. I am His. In other words, God had set me free, but I had a death-grip on the chains He had pulled away. I was free, but I acted like I was still bound. As...
“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” – John 15:16 I remember how scared and unsure I was when I heard from God during the fall of 2015. He was telling me I needed to go to Ethiopia. I had been to Ethiopia before, just not on a...
rebelling against low expectations
