If Church Hurt Made You Pull Back—but Your Heart Still Reaches for God If church hurt made you pull back—but your heart still reaches for God, you’re not lost. You’re healing. Sometimes stepping back isn’t rebellion. It’s survival. You didn’t stop loving God. You stopped exposing a wounded place to environments that didn’t feel safe anymore. And God sees that. Healing seasons often look quiet. They look like distance. They look like pulling inward instead of showing up outward. But quiet does not mean absent. And distance does not mean disobedient. God is not offended by your need to rest. He is not disappointed by your pause. He is gentle with bruised faith. If all you can do right now is whisper a prayer… If all you can manage is listening instead of serving… If all you can offer is honesty instead of enthusiasm… That is still faith. Online spaces, quiet devotion, private moments with God— these are not replacements for community. They ar...