Once upon a time, before anything big, bad, or very confusing had happened in my life, I was a college student walking along a beach with some friends. There was nothing particularly special about the day, or the beach, or the season of life. But in the middle of it God gave me an object lesson that has been one of the most enduring and impactful I’ve learned.

Muchos de nosotros hemos interiorizado el mensaje de que simplemente no debemos permitir que las dificultades nos afecten. Que debemos seguir adelante lo más rápido posible y nunca mirar atrás.

I think I believed that once I left my spiritually abusive situations, talked through them, took a break, and re-entered a solid church...