Hello!
I'm from the Chicagoland area. I'm going off to college in San Diego and I'm super excited to start new someplace different.
I decided to join because I recently started really accepting the faith and understanding God's Word. All the negative stigma around Christianity really didn't help and I bought into that. Even though I grew up in the church, I can never say I was always a Christian because I kinda just did what my parents told me to do & I was kinda scared of leaving it or else I thought I was gonna go to hell and burn forever. I was also scared of what the people in the church would've thought of if I left because I had a "reputation" as a "good Christian girl."
I came back because I was going through a really rough time a couple of years ago & contemplated suicide. God pulled me out & gave me a second chance. He showed me He loved me & for the first time, I could completely be myself around someone. I always felt like I had to hide parts of myself in order to be accepted around everyone I knew, including family, but I'm so thankful that's not how God works. After exploring a little bit, I found out that the Christian life is not about being under a dictator and being forced to do what He says. It's about loving back a God that loves us for who we are despite what we done, and through Jesus, we are accepted and we change our ways to serve God lovingly and live a better life. I also found out what it meant to attend church without feeling forced to go. It's because I want to go. It's a different feeling to do something out of choice and joyfulness rather than it being obligatory or the right thing to do.
I also joined this site because I wanted to be part of a Christian community & grow in faith. I thought that in addition to church, it would help me to expand my knowledge and faith.
Hope to get to know all of you!!
I'm from the Chicagoland area. I'm going off to college in San Diego and I'm super excited to start new someplace different.
I decided to join because I recently started really accepting the faith and understanding God's Word. All the negative stigma around Christianity really didn't help and I bought into that. Even though I grew up in the church, I can never say I was always a Christian because I kinda just did what my parents told me to do & I was kinda scared of leaving it or else I thought I was gonna go to hell and burn forever. I was also scared of what the people in the church would've thought of if I left because I had a "reputation" as a "good Christian girl."
I came back because I was going through a really rough time a couple of years ago & contemplated suicide. God pulled me out & gave me a second chance. He showed me He loved me & for the first time, I could completely be myself around someone. I always felt like I had to hide parts of myself in order to be accepted around everyone I knew, including family, but I'm so thankful that's not how God works. After exploring a little bit, I found out that the Christian life is not about being under a dictator and being forced to do what He says. It's about loving back a God that loves us for who we are despite what we done, and through Jesus, we are accepted and we change our ways to serve God lovingly and live a better life. I also found out what it meant to attend church without feeling forced to go. It's because I want to go. It's a different feeling to do something out of choice and joyfulness rather than it being obligatory or the right thing to do.
I also joined this site because I wanted to be part of a Christian community & grow in faith. I thought that in addition to church, it would help me to expand my knowledge and faith.
Hope to get to know all of you!!
