jordie
02-28-2006, 07:00 PM
Just wondering Voyager how you and your family are doing at the moment.
Read some of your earlier posts from a few years ago where you shared your story of being alone after leaving abusive church and not having family around you. Our story is almost the same. We ended up moving cities to avoid the pain of being publicly shunned by our so called 'friends' of 20 years. Our old town was small enough that wherever we went painful memories or faces would cause us to cringe and run away.
We moved interstate 8 months ago and still trying to get up and running in the new town.
My 13 year old son (he was 11 when we got out of old church) came to me the other day and said he was homesick.........I tried to explain once again why we had left......he just gave me a hug and walked away.....I think he felt better....
Its so hard to be on your own, yet wanting to have fellowship and just knowing what sort of fellowship is on offer in just your general church meetings.....superficial often......but when you need deep connection.....not enough.
I know there are lots of lovely christians out there.....but making friends takes time.....and keeping friends when you have been through abuse and tried to explain it to people who can't deal with that sort of revelation........vastly more difficult...
So after all that....:D .......are you and your family finding things easier now a few years on or not? How are others dealing with lack of fellowship for themselves and their children?
Read some of your earlier posts from a few years ago where you shared your story of being alone after leaving abusive church and not having family around you. Our story is almost the same. We ended up moving cities to avoid the pain of being publicly shunned by our so called 'friends' of 20 years. Our old town was small enough that wherever we went painful memories or faces would cause us to cringe and run away.
We moved interstate 8 months ago and still trying to get up and running in the new town.
My 13 year old son (he was 11 when we got out of old church) came to me the other day and said he was homesick.........I tried to explain once again why we had left......he just gave me a hug and walked away.....I think he felt better....
Its so hard to be on your own, yet wanting to have fellowship and just knowing what sort of fellowship is on offer in just your general church meetings.....superficial often......but when you need deep connection.....not enough.
I know there are lots of lovely christians out there.....but making friends takes time.....and keeping friends when you have been through abuse and tried to explain it to people who can't deal with that sort of revelation........vastly more difficult...
So after all that....:D .......are you and your family finding things easier now a few years on or not? How are others dealing with lack of fellowship for themselves and their children?