an emotional attachment

why am i so attached to melbourne? why am i so attached to the church? why am i so attached to the church in melbourne?
I have struggled with a great level of rejection in my life… but in melbourne, in hope christian church melbourne, i found acceptance. I was found… and I found true acceptance. Yes, there will always be people who condemn, but i find people who condemn everywhere. They are in the church and outside the church. But people who embrace broken, rejected, ugly, obnoxious, rude, rebellious, stubborn, filthy, ragged are rare.
The people i found acceptance from, people who accepted me in my iniquities, when i was burdened, when i struggled, when I failed (many times over), when i was (and still am) ungodliness, who were disappointed with me yet accepted me were not outside the church; they were in the church. which church? Hope Christian Church Melbourne. In accepting me, they mentored & inspired me to accept others and to accept myself.


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