Mercy-Led Positioning

As I reflect back on the years of my life that led up to collapse, I realise I was living with a deep fear of judgement, and under a constant cloud of condemnation. There were experiences in my life and decisions I had made from my early teenage years that I was still carrying guilt and shame from. There were also certain experiences and decisions from my adult years that I was living with the weight of guilt and shame attached to them.

What has been so important to me is the opportunity to share and speak openly, without exposure, judgement, or condemnation. That space - where truth can be spoken safely - was something I desperately needed but did not always feel was available. The absence of mercy keeps people silent, guarded, and imprisoned by what they fear will be revealed.

With the life I’ve led, and the things I used to do that were not pure and not righteous, one thing I know with certainty is that I am in no position to judge anyone else. Therefore, when people speak to me and share things they have done, or things they are battling with - often secret or private addictions - it does not affect me in a way that causes judgement or condemnation. I do not question them. I do not judge them. I do not condemn them.

Most often, I simply listen. And if I have any words to share from my own life experiences, I may offer them gently - nothing more, nothing less. I seek to do just as I was met in 2019, when my entire life was collapsing: with mercy, patience, and space for truth to breathe.

My heart’s desire is to meet men and women exactly where they are, without them feeling exposed or condemned, and to simply allow truth and peace to do the work that is necessary - so others may come into a place of peace, no longer living under shame, guilt, condemnation, or unforgiveness.