10/20/2026
I posted this on my personal page, but felt compelled to share this on my business page. After all….. if people do business with me I want them to KNOW ME! I want them to know and feel connected with the person they are trusting their health with!!!
I met with my pastor this morning….. a lot to unpack, but I will try my BEST to keep it as short as possible 😬😬😬
I have been faced with this business decision for a good while now and have struggled a bit with it. I have been wanting to reach out to my pastor and ask his advice in regards to this business decision….. for years 🫣😳
I am embarrassed that it took me so long to talk to him and ask him for advice, but here is why it took me so long.
The story starts many years ago………
A patient of mine approached me wanting me to do a health talk at their church. Having done hundreds of health talks before I gladly accepted. My patient told me that I needed to meet with her pastor to come up with a time and day to do the health talk to her Bible study. “Of course I will meet with your pastor” I told her.
Well……. 😬🫣😳😲 the meeting with the pastor went HORRIBLY!!!!
Once I sat down with the pastor he asked me with stern eyes “when were you SAVED”?????
I was a bit taken back by the question as I TRULY did not know what day/hour I was “saved”.
Ever since I was an infant I have always gone to Sunday school. Always gone to Bible School summer camp. Always gone to church every Sunday from the MOMENT I was born. Always prayed.
Yes, I understand I didn’t get “saved” when I was a baby going to church in my diapers 😂!!!!!
I have always been around God and Jesus. I have always been surrounded by followers of Christ. As I got older Jesus and God just became a bigger and bigger part of my life.
My story is not of one being an alcoholic …. hitting rock bottom….. getting on my knees and praying for God….. discovering the power of God’s word…. becoming a follower of Christ later in my life.
I LOVE these stories of people finding God later in life……. but, that simply WASN’T MY story. Yes, I understand people don’t always find God or get SAVED in moments of despair… yes, I understand that. That’s not the point here.
In the best of my abilities I tried to articulate that to the pastor. “I cannot remember the MOMENT I was saved, but I can assure you I love JESUS and GOD so very much”.
The pastor looked at me again with his stern eyes and said “I do not allow anyone in my church that hasn’t been SAVED …. let alone cannot remember THAT moment”
The pastor went on to read me scripture from the Bible “proving” his point.
At this time I was honestly furious 😡
How dare this guy tell me that I am not a Christian ?!?!
How dare this guy tell me I am not good enough to step into his church …… the one place that should accept EVERYONE!
In hindsight, I wish I would have told him something ridiculous such as I found God the first time I took a sip of sweet tea 😂😂😂
The point is I was PI**ED OFF. No other way to put how I felt!!!!!
At this point I still loved going to my church, but had this unconscious resentment towards pastors….. not fully trusting them.
Is my pastor one of “those” people I would always ask myself?!?! Are they pretending to appease and like their congregation just to get tithing to fund their monthly overhead?!?!??
So for years I have wanted to talk to MY pastor and ask him for advice, but would always remember my horrible experience with my patient’s pastor. Anytime I would get the courage to request for a meeting I would get cold feet.
Well, last week God spoke to me and helped me trust that my current pastor wasn’t like that and that I needed to speak to him.
I met with him this morning and I can honestly say it was the most helpful and meaningful meeting/human encounter I have had in a very very long time!!!!! It was tremendously helpful. He helped remove the distractions that were clouding my decision process. He helped me source where my fears were coming from. He helped me distinguish what the devil might be speaking to me vs what God was speaking to me. Without going into great detail…. I felt as if the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders.
THIS IS WHAT GOD does…… and what a GREAT PASTOR can help you with!!!!
So the moral of this story (other than the obvious) is to not allow a bad experience prevent you from seeking a better experience!!!
This goes for everything in life!
Don’t let a bad relationship jade your viewpoints that all people are bad.
Don’t allow a scam make you think that everyone are scammers.
Don’t allow a bad chiropractic experience prevent you from finding an amazing chiropractic experience (sorry I had to throw that one in 😂).
For the record, I have MANY pastors as patients and don’t think badly of them at all 😂😂😂
It was just an irrational fear that I had due to a bad encounter.
I don’t post many personal things on my business page, but hope that this might help someone that’s struggling to take the next step whatever that might be! ❤️❤️❤️
