bad church experience?

do you have a bad church experience in your past? read this:

“The narcissist’s followers are willing victims of spiritual and emotional abuse. Most of us want heroes. We want someone who understands and is able to cope with a world that is obviously out of control. We want a father or a big brother to lean on — someone to co-sign for our lives. If we think we have found him, we will give him incredible power and latitude. We are likely to overlook his mistakes, rationalize his inconsistencies and excuse his sins against us. We may act as if it is a privilege to be used and misused for his noble cause. We would rather be compliant victims than be on our own and part of nothing important. The sacrifice of our individuality is a small price to pay for being part of his special group.”

— from “Healing Spiritual Abuse,” by Ken Blue, page 115

WOW! this blew my mind when i read it! i learned about it from a friend who got chewed up in a “church discipline” thing. he said it set him free, and i needed to read it. he was right!

if you have experienced pain, hurt, betrayal, rejection (shall i go on?) in a church setting or context, you MUST read this book.

it will set you free! and you need to be free. you know you do.

because no matter what happened and how you were left feeling about it, it was NOT YOUR FAULT!

i repeat: NOT YOUR FAULT!

read this fantastic book right away, and gain the freedom you desperately need to move on in a healthy life … the life God has in mind for you.