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Ancient Wisdom and Pagan Spirituality

Swede

(34,442 posts) Sat Sep 9, 2023, 04:16 PM Sep 2023

Ran across this on Facebook.

I left the Church
Not because
I long for sin
Or long for lust
Or long for selfishness
I left because
I long for truth
I long for love
I long for kindness
Without the threat
Of hell
If I do not obey
The way you want me to
I left because
God
Creator/
Divine/
Spirit/
Must be bigger
Than your book
And your building
I left for healing.
I left for me.
I left for those
Who couldn’t.

- Relentless Indigenous Woman

https://www.facebook.com/relentlessindigenouswoman/posts/pfbid02yGJfwGea2pVJjW6quXCHgyjvDspqnNde39itMdmZjwbkWAQYTXfPghmyQVNN9UCdl