Repost : My introduction

[Hillary]

Hi Katrina! Welcome to NLQ!
I know exactly how you feel, relearning what it's like to be free of legalism . . . and even discovering what it's like to be free for the first time. So glad you're out!

[xara]

Welcome Katrina.

[Vyckie D. Garrison]

Jan 9, 2010 17:40:19 GMT -5 @katrina said:

I got some good advice to repost this since it was kind of hidden. So here's my story:

Hi, I'm Katrina.

I was a fundamental Baptist, wearing headcoverings and dresses, and being a supreme Bible thumper. I was starting to ponder the path of quiverfulness until about a month back when I got very sick and took some time away from all the religious whoopla.

I stumbled across the No Longer Quivering page and it was like a light clicked on in my head. Thank you all who have posted to the webpage because it was very eye opening to me to see how the movement was under the surface. I really appreciate it, a flashlight in the dark so to speak.

I'm still a Christian though but I'm learning what it is to be one without all the legalistic crap I've been making myself believe the past 5 years.

Katrina ~ Welcome to NLQ!!

Your intro. here is so encouraging to all of us who are telling our Quiverfull stories, working on the Take Heart Project, and contributing to building a safe, supportive community here on the forum. You are the reason for all of it

I just want to say, go easy on yourself and have patience because leaving is a process ~ simple in some ways once the "light goes on" ~ but at the same time, it gets complicated and messy because so much of the prison is all in our heads ~ so there's a lot of mind-twisting to unravel. And just because you are younger and were not into QF as long does not mean that the process is necessarily easier or less complex. So ~ give yourself permission to stumble through that process imperfectly and in your own time.