photo sectionz love stories people share blog heartbreaking burrow here's reader named keren left april response post ahead divorce left husband half years putting physical emotional abuse started punching honeymoon deciding kill live longer staunch fundamentalist christian time hardest decision made life knew children make lives hell family utterly devastated parents siblings speak years happened years slowly patching things family taking long time longer christian idea worshipping parents worship repugnant religion meant turned backs time desperately needed love support completely response keren told christian makes angry christians religion excuse treat unjustly void love compassion jesus modeled christians family friends horrific changing listen speak stop thinking story scores similar experiences christians reacted understandably rejecting faith feels epidemic control sadly change perspectives judgmental christians partly people sinful plain simple partly mission shift perspective judged hurt judged people walked church things root confusion here's gradually learned learning speak giving god's people power authority speak desperately understand hear we're quick personify imagine embodied pastor parent christian author easy reach point we've allowed outspoken bold group people executive board god's corporation leave sort mascot brand corporation face corporation represents company's mission statement authority completely understand keren clear case family turned backs abusive marriage keren allowing messed humans god's spokespeople tempted devote life putting loud false-speaking people place important adjust listen change speak thing perfect person mold issue needed work understanding closely related issue tendency personify understand terms understand people parents shiny perfect fake pastor spent years thinking subconsciously wanted type person thought supposed toil year year specific ideal person sort thought general ideal person mold mind supposed squeeze meant chopping leaving parts walk faith knew things person matter hard pretty miserable person close view absolutely wrong person weaknesses desires quirks things excited things chop perceived soften redirect redeem good amputations place understood believed tricky clear path freeing place starting fully arrive start embrace send signs affirmation signs form jason loved miraculously person love unexpected places god's disappointed love 