Free Yourself To Live Your Best Life By Going To The Right People

Marcy, do you remember that one guy? The one you know. He was involved in um that place. I am frowning as the question is so vague, yet I know the answer. I am starting to come to grips with a bigger problem. That guy? Yeah the one that was at that place or whatever, I start to answer but she continues, well he is an Associate Pastor at that church now. She continues rambling without interruption and now I get to sit there thinking his name. She finally takes a breathe and says is it him? Do you mean so and so? She says yes. Do you remember him?

The brunt of the conversation ended at that moment. While she is trying to share how her sick friend isn’t well enough to know whether the pastor stopped by all I can think is, do I remember him? Do I remember the man that spiritually abused me for 7 years? Do I remember the man that would later ask me for forgiveness, thus admitting what he had done wrong? Do I remember being controlled and manipulated and convinced that I had lost my faith because I wasn’t attending when he thought I should or when I said I wanted to leave the church? Do I remember sitting in his office week after week so he could meet with me and ensure I was “alright” and qualified to stay in ministry, and all the greasy things that were said in those sessions to maintain control of me? Do I remember his reaction when I…