Friday, 21 July 2023

Time to confess, Soul Survivor staff and trustees

Dear staff and trustees, and former staff and trustees, of Soul Survivor,

We're Christians, aren't we? We worship, and learn about, and pray to Jesus Christ. 

We've tried to listen to him at key decision moments in life. We've pleaded with him in times of tragedy and suffering. 

He is our purpose and our goal. He is our companion and our ruler.

And we know about confession, don't we? That moment when we bring our self-inflicted horrors to God. When we kneel in shame like King David must have, amidst the wreckage of our actions.

Remember that sense of relief? Remember that moment of grace? When we remember that Jesus redeems us. When we remember that our sins are separated from us as far as the East is from the West?

It's time to confess.

It's time to bring out what you know, though it shames you. It's time to bring out what you did. It's time to tell of the moments when you were too scared, or too conflicted, or too horrified to do the right thing.

Tell them.

Tell the safeguarding investigators.

Tell the Charity Commission.

Tell the Police.

For you, and for your discipleship. You deserve to be free of these burdens.