I honestly didn't think I should be writing this; however, I received feedback and comments from both ends of the spectrum on my blog that I wrote last week, so I wanted to address this publicly.

Last week, I wrote a blog titled, How Living In A Sorority House For A Weekend Strengthened My Faith. There were people who loved what I had to say and were proud of me for sharing my opinion on the things that really matter to me. Someone personally reached out to me to say they experienced a similar situation and could really relate to my blog. That touched my heart and is why I want to write. I want people to read a similar experience to what they went through and be able to relate and know they aren't alone.

However, not all my comments were this positive. A few of my closest friends reached out to me and expressed their honest opinions about what I had to say. It honestly hurt. It still hurts. They believed the things I wrote came off in a negative way and had the potential to hurt other people. I won't go into more detail about the exact comments spoken.

I did not intend to hurt anyone by what I said, but these were my own thoughts and reactions to a situation I experienced. I was already hurt enough by the situation but the backlash I have received from this article has emotionally hurt me as well. My heart is hurting so deeply and my stomach is in knots having received the negative comments from people who misunderstood my intentions. I've been praying about how to fix this and consulting with others on this matter and this response article seems to be the best way I can reach out to those who were hurt and help my intentions be better understood. I want to explain what I am sorry for and what I am not sorry for.

I want to reach out to the people who were hurt by what I had to say and tell you I am deeply sorry that you were hurt. I am sorry that people were offended by what I had to say. I am sorry that my message in the first blog was not clear enough and easily misconstrued. I personally am hurt that people took what I said the wrong way and made it about them when it wasn't. It truly was not a bash against the soroity or university. I spent the whole first part of my article explaining how kind everyone was and objectively speaking about my tour of the house. I really did enjoy my time with the sorority.

Although I am sorry for how it was taken by some, I am not sorry for what I wrote. I meant what I said or else I wouldn't have said it. I was offended by the jeers made at religion during the comedy show. I did not find most of the content funny and I have the prerogative to feel that way. I apologize to the people who are upset by what I wrote, but just as you were offended by my article, I was offended by the show. Those people who are hurt by what I said, they took the time to tell me how they felt about it, and it was sincere, genuine, and thoughtful, but nonetheless, I was hurt by their words, as well.

If I keep my blog up, I am hurting people; but to be honest, taking it down still would not solve the fact that it already hurt some people. If I take my blog down, to me, it feels like I am forfeiting the exact reason why I posted it, which was to point out that as a Christian, I must live differently than the world does. The purpose of my article was to illustrate the internal conversation I had when I had been offended by the content of the comedy show. The question was: How do I portray myself? How am I supposed to live in the world while not being apart of the world? The answer was that I want to portray the Lord the best I can, and even though I am not perfect and incapable of doing this perfectly, the Lord is perfect and makes up for what I lack.

So here I am, telling you that I am imperfect, I lack, I make mistakes, I hurt people… but Jesus is perfect and I am sorry if I hurt you, but thankfully, we are all covered by His grace.

I sincerely love all the people that read this article and the last. I hope you can understand where I am coming from and forgive me for hurting you.

Thank you for reading this and God bless.