{"id":13511,"date":"2016-07-19T11:52:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T16:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/graceismessy\/?p=13511"},"modified":"2016-07-19T12:01:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T17:01:33","slug":"have-you-ever-wanted-to-punch-god-in-the-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/graceismessy\/2016\/07\/19\/have-you-ever-wanted-to-punch-god-in-the-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Ever Wanted to Punch God in the Face?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Have you ever felt like this guy?<\/h1>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\nI\u2019m so excited about the start of my online small group: The Grace is Messy Spiritual and Religious Recovery Group!<\/em> It starts in just two days and there are still two spots remaining.<\/p>\nThe cool news? There are still two scholarships available!<\/strong><\/p>\nGroup member, Laura Pruneau, has written a great blog post about her reasons for joining and why you should too. Check it out!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<a href=\"mailto:%20steve@iamsteveaustin.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13512\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/705\/2016\/07\/spiritual-recovery.png\" alt=\"Join the Grace is Messy Spiritual Recovery Group today!\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\"><\/a><\/p>\nMy daughter passed away five months ago after a three year battle with a one of a kind brain cancer. That does something to your soul. To every aspect of your life, if we\u2019re being honest. To say that I\u2019ve lost faith is inaccurate. To say that I have completely unwavering faith \u2013 also somewhat inaccurate. To say there are days I\u2019d kinda like to punch God in the face<\/strong> \u2013 accurate! To say I have so many questions, and no clue how to navigate them<\/strong> \u2013 completely accurate.<\/p>\nI am at a place that I recognize the need for clarity.<\/strong> I grew up around church my whole life. I had, and still have faith. However, recently, I became aware that my faith want built on a very strong foundation. I have realized the need to own my own faith. I no longer desire to follow blindly. As such, I\u2019m finding the desperate need for digging deeper, researching more, and not only knowing that I have faith \u2013 but the why behind my faith.<\/p>\nEnter this spiritual recovery group.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nThis group offers an incredible amount of hope to me personally.<\/strong> I joined this group, and would like to offer you the same opportunity.<\/p>\nBecause the life and legacy my seven year old daughter leaves \u2013 one of hope, grace and especially love \u2013 I wanted to also share that there are now two partial scholarships available. The cost of the course is $149, but two people are now able to attend for just $75. Would you be one of these two people to join me?<\/p>\nTo read the rest of Laura\u2019s story, <a href=\"https:\/\/livinglifeunscripted.com\/2016\/07\/19\/spiritual-recovery-group-who-needs-that\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">click here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\nTo take advantage of the scholarship money and sign up for the course, email me! <a href=\"mailto:%20steve@iamsteveaustin.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\">steve@iamsteveaustin.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My daughter passed away five months ago after a three year battle with a one of a kind brain cancer. That does something to your soul. To every aspect of your life, if we\u2019re being honest. To say that I\u2019ve lost faith is inaccurate. To say that I have completely unwavering faith \u2013 also somewhat inaccurate. To say there are days I\u2019d kinda like to punch God in the face \u2013 accurate! To say I have so many questions, and no clue how to navigate them \u2013 completely accurate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,13,17,18,19],"tags":[2320,2338,1649,2337,2319,2336],"class_list":["post-13511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faith","category-mental-health","category-recovery","category-religious-recovery","category-self-care","category-the-struggle-with-church","tag-church-hurts","tag-online-recovery","tag-religious-recovery","tag-soul-confusion","tag-spiritual-recovery","tag-spritual-abuse"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Have You Ever Wanted to Punch God in the Face?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My daughter passed away five months ago after a three year battle with a one of a kind brain cancer. That does something to your soul. 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