My ex-husband began a hail-storm of lawsuits over everything from custody, to child support, to alimony. We had already been divorced for nearly two years when he started this new legal barrage. I did not respond well to this trauma at all! This was the beginning of my descent into hell. Was I the victim? — Yes. But fighting back was not the best choice. “Do not return evil for evil, or insult for insult; but, on the contrary, a blessing —  because to this you were called, that you might inherit a blessing” (1 Peter 3:9).

Many people wrestle with some type of: “What do I actually believe?” question as they progress in their spiritual lives. I believe modern people have become disengaged from Christianity because we don’t actually read our own scriptures, nor do we pay attention to the words of our own liturgical prayers. Christianity, by its own text, is full of mysticism and spiritual wonderment.