Let’s get real
This past year and a half has bought about unexpected shifts and transition in my life. I was going to church regularly, I mean if you knew me back then, you knew that any time the church was open, Aishah was there. I had stellar attendance at church, I was working in ministry but I was still suffering and no one around me knew it. On May 15, 2019, the weight of it all, the molestation, rape, a failed marriage, loss of a child (twice), domestic violence, church hurt, not measuring up, low self esteem, bullying, etc became to heavy. I was tired and I didn’t want to live that way anymore. So I turned my phone on airplane mode, DND, and turned the WiFi off, took a bottle of pills and drink to my mouth ready to take them and my phone started buzzing. Long story short, that buzzing (which was only God because how else did a text get through on airplane mode, DND, and no WiFi) saved my life but it also opened my eyes. It made me realize that it was going to take more than just good praise breaks( as much as I love a good dance), good services, and the work of ministry to sustain people. Jesus showed us that it was about more than that by the way He was concerned about what concerned the people constantly. If we’re not careful, we can get so caught up in our services, programs, initiatives etc that we become completely oblivious to what goes on with people beyond what we see while they are in the four walls of the church. Church is also about COMMUNITY and a lot of us have forgotten that. I truly believe that we are not only called to do ministry with people, but we’re also called to do LIFE with them. We are called to walk along side people. Praying for people in your secret closet, prophesying to them in high services and dancing with them, etc ain’t enough. There are people right in our midst struggling financially, mentally, physically, etc and we have no clue. I was one of those people and I KNOW I’m not alone. So I encourage us, as a church, to get back to building COMMUNITY because we need it. Oh and another thing, you can go to church AND therapy and you’ll still be just as saved! Y’all stop damming people to hell and questioning peoples faith because they wanna go to therapy. Alright I’m done for real this time.!
