I have never been in a relationship where I felt like I could be myself, 100%, and be accepted. And since it's such an exhausting thing to try to be, some people have always found it easier to have superficial relationships and keep people at arm's length. This led to a feeling of loneliness for much of my life and a great distrust of my authentic, intimate relationships. But when you enter into a relationship with God, you begin to learn the truth, the truth about God and the truth about God. yourself. And something that has been extremely clear to me is that a huge source of contention in my relationships is actually my own search for myself. In my own quest to receive true love, I have often neglected to show true love to others, in part because I didn't know how to do it, but I am learning. I believe that loving others begins with trying to see people the way God sees. You. God pursued me my whole life, he never let me go, no matter how hard I fought him or how far I tried to run. When I saw myself as a failure, He saw me as someone with a destiny. As I made mistake after mistake, He offered me mercy and forgave me, He offered me grace and still blessed me. He took the story of my life for others to look at with judgment, and He made it a story of redemption and gave me