Hurting

A couple of weeks ago I looked around at the people seated in the congregation at my church and you know what I saw?

                        Hurting women.

My heart literally ached for the pain coming from the women sitting in their Sunday best, with their children properly groomed sitting nicely at their sides.  I saw the ugly hurt that is hiding beneath the shiny outer surface.

Why am I leading an online workshop?  Because I am offering a safe place for women who have been hurt by the church or by the people in the church - a safe place to grow fruit.  I'm not saying that everyone who joins the workshop has been hurt but personally, I know too many women who need this safe place.

Do you remember going to camp as a kid?  I loved camp, when my parents dropped me off I didn't even notice when they left but when they came to pick me up I cried and cried because I didn't want to leave. Why?  Because camp was my safe place, the place where I could go and be myself.  To be the person that I really wanted to be everyday but never felt safe enough to let the real me shine.

The Fruit of the Spirit Workshop is the safe place for all women to shine.  A safe place to grow and nurture your Fruit.  By the end of this year we are all going to be different women as we allow the spirit the time and space to strengthen the characteristics of the Fruit of the Spirit in our lives.

Do you know a women who needs this workshop?  Do you need this workshop?  

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