Every day people all over the world are looking for someone who's looking for them.

They ask, am I seen?

Am I worth it?

Am I loved? I feel an ache for authentic connection with others that will not just help me feel better

but that will help me get better.

It beats inside my chest like a drum looking for a song.

I'm done wasting time.

Sitting on the sidelines, waiting for somebody to find me.

So I did the harder thing, the uncomfortable thing.

I lost myself in God.

I lost myself in His love and then I found the real me.

He called me to rise up because life isn't about my comfort.

He called me to be the community I craved.

I've found my people, now I love my people.

Together, we display the diversity of God to a hungry and thirsty world.

We don't compete or compare.

We call each other up to the more he has for us.

We are not an exclusive club but an inclusive space that welcomes all

people with open arms. Two people are better off than one because they can help each other succeed.

If one person falls, the other can reach out to help.

God called me out of the shadows, out of hiding

into his contagious freedom.

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