Friday Encouragement

​Dear church girl, 
I apologize for the hurt that you are currently experiencing and have experienced, while in the church. 
I apologize:
1. For the times you showed up and no one saw you.
2. For the way they ridiculed and treated you for having a baby before marriage.
3. For the older lady that spoke to you from her broken place and not her healed place. She hurt you because someone hurt her.
4. For the times you shared in prayer, and they used it against you to gossip about you.
5. That you are not free to be who God called you to be because of past hurt.
6. For male and female leaders that took advantage of you while trying to serve God’s people.
7. That some of your sisters in Christ made you feel less than.
8. That some of your sisters in Christ treated you differently because you did not have what they had.
9. For the times they spoke to you about your attire and did not lovingly speak to you.
10. For the church mean girl/girls that you had to deal with because girls act immature and not mature women of God.
11. For the times they told their side, and you never got to tell your side.
12. For how you were seated through worship service with tears flowing down your face and with a heavy heart and no one acknowledged you.
13. For the times they didn’t speak and treated you ungodly.
14. For the times you shared and felt judged.
15. For the people inside the church that hurt you.
16. For the times your voice was muted in the church.
17. For the times you felt isolated in the church.
18. For the times you were ignored and overlooked.
19. For the times they spoke ill against you, and you still showed up and prayed for them.
20. For the time you shared your vision, and they laughed in your face.
My sister and my friend, I apologize for it all. I apologize that this and so much more occurred all while you were attending church trying to grow closer to God to live better, do better, and serve better.
 
I pray that you will receive the healing that you need to be free and move forward. I pray you won’t let the trauma and the triggers be the reason you walk away from the church. I pray that you will walk in forgiveness and extend grace often. I pray for what you carry in your heart because you are longing for the apology you may never receive. I pray that you will be a better woman and not a bitter woman. I pray that you will be BOLD and COURAGEOUS. I pray that God will heal every wound. I pray that you will be free to move forward and be all that God has called you to be. In Jesus Name, Amen.

Until next time…Lady T🩷

P.S. - Ladies, I encourage you to purchase the book Church Girl, by Dr. Sarita Lyons. Our women’s Church book club just finished the book and it is worth reading.