in need of some advice/words of encouragement
Hi!
I just discovered this subreddit and I am so thankful it exists. I recently got back into my faith and it’s been incredible so far but I’m feeling a ton of pressure from the church/my family. For context, I’m genderfluid and I’ve been on testosterone for about three years and I finally got to a place where I feel like I like myself (I will say that meeting Jesus again has definitely helped with that). I feel like I’m being pulled in two—my family seems to think that me believing again means that I’m detransitioning and that soon God will ‘heal me’ of the ‘trans curse.’ But in my conversations with God and my bible studies, I have never felt that this was a cause for concern. In fact, I feel like God has been telling me to start not caring about what other people think of me! It’s just so hard when it’s coming from family and from the pastors/churches I’ve visited.
If anyone has any advice or words of encouragement, I would appreciate it greatly. 🙏