Obedience Is Not the Same as Safety

Why You’re Free but Still Frozen

I left the church years ago, and I still couldn’t decide what to do with myself day to day without getting anxious.

Not frozen in a cute, overwhelmed way. Frozen in a chest-tight, stomach-drop, “I’m about to be wrong” way.

It made no sense. I was free. I had dismantled the belief system. I no longer believed God was watching my thoughts.

And yet I still fe…