If it reaches you where you are, I encourage you to keep walking toward the Cross. Quiet your heart so you can hear God’s voice and not the voices of others nor the opinions of people. He is the One who created you, and it is JESUS alone who redeems and restores.
Here is the reflection:
“Maybe it’s not really about ‘church hopping’ or searching for the ‘perfect church.’ Sometimes people are simply looking for a safe place to work out their own salvation—a place where they won’t be mocked, ridiculed, or shamed for the very sin they’re fighting to overcome.”
For many, the search for a church is not rebellion, instability, or pickiness. It’s a longing for grace. I remember that season in my own life—just wanting a safe place where I could heal, grow, and be honest before God in fellowship with other believers. A safe place in God’s house where I wouldn’t be shamed for the very struggles I was trying to overcome.
The truth is, many believers are afraid to admit their real battles—lust, pornography, same-sex attraction, addiction, anger, or anything that sounds too messy—because immature Christians often treat transparency like gossip rather than a call to intercession. And sadly, even some who consider themselves spiritually mature assume that if you’re still struggling, you must not be truly saved. They forget that salvation is instant, but sanctification is a lifelong journey and that God is patient with us in the process.
This is one reason so many Christians feel safer walking into a Drug and Alcohol 12-step program than walking into a testimony service. In those rooms, people don’t judge each other. They understand struggle. They honor honesty. And they fight for one another rather than whisper about one another.
Every church should feel at least that safe.
And if this is your story, remember this:
God sees you. God knows your battle. And God is drawing you toward a place where His love can reshape you without fear.
Keep following Jesus.
He finishes what He starts.
Yetta N.A.