CounselingChristians

Q: I need some advice about my current situation. For three years, I was heavily involved in a church. Constantly serving, lived in a discipleship home, at every single service, etc… I don’t want to get into details, but I was very burnt out, and a lot of the people I looked to as leaders had hurt me deeply. I made the decision to leave & move across the country with the help of my (now) boyfriend, who I’ve known as a good friend for years.  I will admit, it hurt a lot to walk away from the life I had built there, but I was drowning. I was constantly told that if I left the church, I would be “leaving the covering”, and that I could die. The last person I talked to before I left, one of my leaders, had told me she hopes God convicts me, and that I repent before the enemy takes me. A lot of people that I considered extremely close friends in the church never reached out to me after I left, and it made me question if anyone ever really cared for me. I now live with my boyfriend i...

Q: People hurt my feelings so I left church. Was I wrong?  I grew up going to church. I was born and raised in the church that I have attended for the past 29 years.  I learned how to play the guitar sometime in high school and I started playing for my church's worship team. I was the only female playing an instrument and I feel like I was never taken seriously. I was never taken into consideration when they had events, like when it came to matching outfits I was always wearing something else because the memo never made it back to me. The engineer never learned my name, even though I was there multiple times a week for practice and services. My guitar was constantly without any sound once the service started. I never made it a thing because I knew that I wasn't playing for anybody. I was doing it for God and because it was what I love to do and most importantly, bc He knew my intentions and my heart. But one day, just like many other times, my electric guitar did not have any ...