One of the most frequent discussions I have with people is when they tell me about how others have caused them spiritual pain through judging them and convincing them they have violated a spiritual law or principle. These conversations allow me to offer empathy and affirmation. The journey of spiritual pain begins when you allow someone else to judge you as being sinful. Often times those who self-appoint themselves as judges wouldn’t stand an intense examination of their own life.

If you are told you are sinful because of whom you are, who God created you to be – find affirmation through conversation with people who do not see it as their task to “fix you”. Unfortunately spirituality has been used to make victims out of people because they are:

• Female
  
• Not of an accepted racial background
  
• Sexual orientation
  

The loving God that I know and serve doesn’t reject people because they represent the diversity of creation. Spiritually sensitive people do not make others feel unworthy. If someone makes you feel unworthy they have an agenda that is not the same as the Creator’s agenda.