Recklessly Alive: What My Suicide Attempt Taught Me About God and Living Life to the Fullest

by Sam Eaton

A Church of loving people has the potential to be one of the greatest gifts on the planet, but God can also be found around a bonfire, in a beautiful melody, or on the smiling face of a stranger. I have felt closest to God not in a big, expensive sanctuary but in the wild and reckless adventure of chasing after His purpose for my life.

On my long healing journey, I learned if you want to be recklessly alive, you have to freaking own your story. You have to let go of anyone who tries to shame you for what you’ve endured. You have to stop worrying so stinkin’ much about what anybody else thinks and start being true to the person God created you to be.

sometimes the safest way out of the storm is to roll the windows up and drive straight into the worst of it.

Choose to find your purpose and never give up on making the world a better place.

Maybe it’s time we all spend less time worrying about adhering to the cultural age expectations of engagement-marriage-house-puppy-baby and spend more time worrying about trying to embody His love to those around us here and now regardless of our relationship status.