Jesus Never Hurt Me.

**“Jesus never hurt me.”**** That was the sentence I whispered through tears one night after walking away from a church that left me bruised. I’d confused His people with His heart, and I wasn’t sure I could ever come back. Maybe that’s where you are right now. You love God, but His people? They’ve left scars. I get it. Sometimes the church doesn’t look much like Jesus. Gossip replaces grace. Image matters more than honesty. Apologies get buried under pride. And we sit in the wreckage wondering how something meant to reflect heaven could hurt like hell. But when I look at Jesus in the Gospels, I see someone who never turned away from the broken or the outcast. He sat with sinners, touched the untouchable, and called hypocrites to repentance. He is still doing that today. If you’ve been hurt by the church, I’m not going to tell you to “just get over it.” Healing takes time. But please, don’t let the failure of people keep you from the love of Jesus. He never said the church would be perfect... He did however say He would be. Maybe you need space. Maybe you need to find a different community that reflects His heart better. That’s okay. Jesus is big enough to meet you outside the four walls of a building. And when you’re ready, He’ll gently guide you back—not to religion, but to relationship. Because Jesus never hurt you. He’s been healing you all along.