My story is one of a young faith in Jesus followed by a church experience that caused me to lose sight of what the gospel is really all about.

You see, legalism can destroy a person’s soul because no matter how much you strive to follow the rules, you will always fail. And when you try to function on your own, outside of the work of the Holy Spirit, it’s not authentic or sincere. It’s a lot of head knowledge. Legalism fails to address the heart . Rather, it focuses on a works-based religious spirit that doesn’t welcome true transformation.

I was told as a child that God had this big video camera and that He was recording everything I did and said, so he could play it back one day and judge me for everything that I did wrong. As you can imagine, I was in constant fear of failing. This gave way to a lot of depression and anxiety in my youth.

My true identity as a daughter of the King, greatly loved and cared for in spite of my own sin and shortcomings, was at stake…

My spiritual life came to a head my freshman year in college when I made the conscious decision that I simply wasn’t going to follow Jesus anymore. I was burned out on church and religion. I was carrying a lot of hurt and confusion. And I decided that the college years were my years to do what I wanted to do. 

That was until I met a group of believers on my college campus who were the real thing, and led me back to Christ with God’s love and authenticity.

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