I also didn’t grow up in the church but found God recently. Over the past couple of years I found myself stuck in a cycle of addiction and depression. Something pricked my conscience a few months ago, while I was crying about how powerless I felt to my addiction. I broke down and begged God to take this pain away from me and show me the way. He saved me and the color is slowly coming back into my life. My burden feels lighter because I’m not alone anymore.

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Thank you for sharing. The truth of it all is that no one is perfect. We all have flaws individually, so as a group we are inherently flawed. Whether that group is a community, team, church, or etc. It’s important to have grace, compassion, and forgiveness.

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I was incredibly suicidal before I came to God. It took many years for me to get where I am now, and I made many mistakes along the way. Jesus saved my life. I used to be a skeptic but now I believe.

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