it’s been something that I’ve wanted to do for a little while, is find a church that we can go to, that also accepts who we are (non-traditional, homosexual family), and we can just be who we are. Our friend goes to a church and said that we should go along, too. So we started going. I spoke with the pastor regarding his views on homosexuality and religion, it was a really good conversation, and I ended up crying because he showed us nothing but love and welcoming, and said that we’re part of their family.
I’ve been ‘living in sin’ for the majority of my life. i knew i was queer at a young age, and I lost my faith a long time ago. But tonight I can see it coming back. Tonight we went to a night service, because we hadn’t had a chance to make it to the day one. So they were doing prayer for people, and we got someone to pray for Blake because he’s been having a tough time lately, he was recently diagnosed with ADHD and high-functioning autism, and his behaviour has been a bit on the rocky side. So someone prayed for him tonight and Blake genuinely felt better about himself afterwards.
After that happened, we’d been sitting down for a while, and Emma decided she wanted to go up and have someone pray for her. So she lined up and waited patiently. When it came time for her to be prayed for, the pastor that was on tonight was praying for her and then all I see is her drop to the ground. I hear Blake freak out, and I had to get our friend to calm him down, while I was holding Avia and trying not to freak out myself.
I was skeptical about people falling during prayer before tonight, but the fact that, tonight, Emma dropped I don’t have any doubts anymore. I had lost my faith but this experience is bringing it back, and making me realise that there truly is a higher power, and we need to invite it into our lives.