Let's Heal Together!

What I have observed, in my own life and in the lives of women I have walked alongside for years, is that the patterns we have been examining in this series do not simply exist in our relationships. They migrate. They find their way into our theology, learn the language of our faith, dress themselves in Scripture and spiritual vocabulary, and begin presenting themselves as fruit, when what they actually are is fear with a Bible verse attached.

That belief did not appear out of nowhere. It was not dramatic or irrational when it formed. It was the conclusion your nervous system drew in a season of your life when that was actually true — when someone's disappointment in you did mean something important was withdrawn. When the emotional temperature of a room could change everything. When keeping someone comfortable was less about love and more about what you needed to feel safe.