Coming to Terms with My Autism
I was 20 years old when I was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). A part of me couldn’t bring myself to accept this news because I was afraid my family and friends would reject me.
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I was 20 years old when I was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). A part of me couldn’t bring myself to accept this news because I was afraid my family and friends would reject me.
Asking ourselves honest questions can help us understand and address our dissatisfaction in a God-honouring, God-pleasing way.
I face two battles every day of my life: the battle to sleep and the battle to stay awake.
Comedy writer Tina Fey and I have something in common.
What we do have in common is the sense that we’re “imposters”, and one day, people will call us out for the “fakes” that we are.
I first became serious about my faith in Jesus in college. From then on, I knew what I wanted in a man—a Christian, but not just any Christian; I wanted a man whose commitment to the faith was “pastor level”.
I was once what you might call an apatheist. Where atheists are committed to denying God’s existence, apatheists are happy to keep the God question at arm’s length.
Living overseas for the first time in my life was something I mostly experienced with wide-eyed wonder. But beneath the excitement, anxiety and fear kept bubbling up as I searched for a church and a Christian community I could call “home”.
“I just want to feel safe in a church environment again,” I said as a stranger beside me (who is now a good friend) squeezed my fingers. And to my horror, tears started leaking down my face.
You are going through an intense season, and the work never stops. Then, the weekend arrives, or you go on a holiday trip, and it’s amazing, but soon it’s Sunday night again and you start dreading what’s coming.
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