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Rebuilding – Debbie Hughes
My Faith deconstruction
felt like a slow motion imploding of my faith.
The beliefs I based my soul on
My family’s soul
All those I loved and held so dear
My born again at the alter experience
Childhood - teenage - adulthood
Faith
No longer works
No longer rings true
What is missing?
What do I believe deep in my heart --
even deeper, into my SOUL?
The word Christian sounds so hollow.
Empty
Like you can pick up that word or lay it down depending on your mood or circumstances.
So much hurt and isolation.
I CANNOT cling to that WORD.
I ...
Deconstruction – Poem by Debbie Hughes
Deconstruction,it’s like a tornado destroying the family home that’s been there for generations.The porch swing your mom and dad courted on.The door your parents carried you through when you came home from the hospital as a newborn.The place you rocked your own babies and maybe mourned lost loved ones. The place you have lived, worked and bled.Pouring everything you have into the soil. Actively participating in every detail.Now it’s wiped away. GoneYou can’t go rebuild somewhere else.NO, it has to be rebuilt right here. From the ground up, where your roots are.Before you load up all the waste, you reevaluate and pull ...