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Why I left the church and chose to return | with Ashly
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- Опубликовано: 8 дек 2022
- We have been BIG fans of Ashly's podcast and Instagram account, Come Back Podcast. We were thrilled when she agreed to come and share her story on Saints Unscripted! Ashly talks about her life being raised in the LDS Church (otherwise known as the Church of Jesus Christ) but finding excitement in other places, leading her to leave the church. She got into drugs and alcohol at an early age and was quickly addicted to heavy drugs. She knew something had to change but doubted her ability to change. She started the reptenace process and felt an overwhelming feeling of joy. Her story is one you don't want to miss! She has now dedicated her time to hearing and sharing the stories of others who have left the church and have returned.
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Ashley brings us all hope… hope that we can overcome the natural man, our weaknesses and brokenness… still need repentance everyday but knowing it’s a gift and not a punishment ❤
I came back after 15 years. I’m so happy I did. I’m proud of you Ashley! Keep the light shining.
Yeah!! 😎🤙🏼
Way to go Beau! Stay strong. The Church IS true.
Guidance of the holy ghost. Nothing is better than that!
Thank you. I am listening to all your podcasts as well!
Ashly, thank you for being a voice of gladness about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I'm so glad there are people like you sharing the good.
Wow great story Ashley
Very inspiring, and also love your podcast, we need more people like u To Inspire, when there is a bunch of people on RUclips. Ripping on the church
You're so persecuted aren't you. All these people "ripping" on the church
You clearly haven't taken into account that your religion claims God sees their churches as a complete abominations and servants of the devil. LOL
your entire church is founded on the fact that you believe you're the only people on the planet with gods authority and everyone needs to join you cause everyone else is 100% wrong 😂
I too came back after being less active for almost 15 years. I love being part of the Church, there's a need right now for fresh energy & zelous members to inject life back into our wards.
Thank you Ashly for sharing your story of the power of Jesus Christ and His capacity to heal. His GRACE truly is AMAZING! My wife and I just discovered your podcast and have listened to a few of your episodes and love the stories of return and renewal. I know David Snell and his parents really well. His dad, Jeff, is one of my very good friends. Like you, I was featured on Saints Unscripted telling my story of my family's battle with addiction (so I can relate to your journey). For me it was pornography. I've also been interviewed by Kurt Francom a few times. I'm such a fan of vulnerability and I'm amazed at how you, the younger generation aren't nearly as afraid of speaking the truth as us older folks. Please, please keep telling stories that are filled with hope and redemption and don't stop girl, pedal to the metal! 💙🙏💙
I got the privilege to meet her. Besides being beautiful she is hilarious. I loved teaching her sweet happy girl in primary.
Congratulations and good luck to Ashley and her husband. Thx for sharing and helping people.
ashly your story is inspiring im so glad you made it out of the drug life i too know a thing or two about hardships bless you and thanks for sharing
I’m excited to listen to her podcast.
“The enabling power of JESUS CHRIST” … says it all!! Thank you Ashly! And congratulations on finding your way back!
Currently looking into the church atm, was not expecting that Fast and Furious reference but I’m very happy to see it
there's so many stories out there
Brother David is my most favourite lds guy and personal friend online that inspires me to return to lds faith via grace before works of course . Merry Christmas David Snell. From darryl australia
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Ok this is actually inspirational
Thank you, Ashley for sharring. Great story
Hey Ashly! You have such an important story. Thanks for all you do.
Welcome back, sister Ashley!
Thank you for sharing your personal story. I have been through a drug riddled life myself. I’m going to try to read the Book of Mormon everyday myself. While I’m sober I have a very hard time enjoying the moment. Thank you!
Awesome!! I am a witness of the power of reading the book of Mormon every day. And remember, "every day" means reading it today regardless of what happened yesterday!
Good luck, Robert. It can be done. You've got to keep trying long enough to find your way thru. Read the Book of Mormon and pray every day.
I had to relapse after my conversion back, but having no access to the sacrament or priesthood. My relapse of one month ended immediately after I received a Priesthood blessing! His has been showering His blessings, power, miracles, mercy, and guidance with complete faith in me as His choice daughter ever since about 18 months ago. You can do it! Keep reaching for Jesus, even if you fall again. I’ll pray for you ❤
Keep moving step by step. We’re cheering you on and so is the Lord!
@@templesofjesus thank you!
Ashley’s podcast is so inspiring!
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Keep & Stay Blessed. Ye’all.
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing! Reminds me of “a man will get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts than by any other book.” Glad you chose the pink Bible!
I left and came back TWICE!! It's super hard still. Still feel so left out. Yet, no regret coming back. Gotta lift each other up. Peace ✌️
Just noticed your comment that you still feel left out. I'm so sorry! Congrats on your courage to come back, and if it has gone unsaid up to this point: Welcome back! We need you!
Sorry you feel left out, dude. I know what that feels like. Just keep your heart and mind centred on the Lord. It will works out, in time.
@ Bob B Q, I know the feeling. I cannot deny my reconversion story for the gospel and a decision to “try” one last time has saved my life; yet there is a part of me that also struggles that I still do not belong. Watching Hello Saints, the Follow Him with Hank Smith and John Bytheway, along with watching the Chosen has helped. God sees you. That statement is enough. You are not alone
Good to remember you came back to a person. Jesus Christ! Not just a people. He will never leave you nor forsake you. ❤
Thank you. This gives me encouragement for a family member...just keep loving them.
Those interviewing are such good listener's.There sincerity is felt.
Ashley, your story is beautiful. It touched my heart in so many ways. Thank you for sharing some of your journey with us. It inspires hope.
I absolutely love both of your podcasts!! Thank you for having these important conversations! I respect and appreciate what you're doing. Ya, all are amazing!!
I have a story kind of similar you hers. I was gone for 13 years.
We'd love to hear it! Send us a DM on Instagram :)
Ashly, you are such an inspiration and an example of what can happen to a person who experiences the enabling power of the atonement of Jesus Christ. What an amazing story you have. Heavenly Father is using you as a powerful tool to help others discover the light of Jesus Christ. You are changing many lives!!
Such a powerful story! Thank you for sharing! I have shared this with several friends and family who are battling addiction.
Thank you for sharing your story. I was really inspired by it. I also left activity in the church in my young adult life and came back when I was pregnant with my oldest child.
Much of the problem is that kids still keep getting taught the wrong concept of hell. They think of it as the cartoony burning place. They don’t realize that sin IS what hell is. Once a person learns that their sin brings hell, they try to get rid of it. And like a toxic boyfriend, it comes back again and again until we learn to defeat it. It takes time and the Lord knows that. That is why what He cares for is a TRULY broken and contrite heart and evidence of faith shown in the form of efforts to improve. That’s what it means to “be perfect”. For by taking those steps in faith and love, we become perfect in heart eventually.
According to your logic you will remain in hell for your entirety on earth, and also into the afterlife.
That is the most amazing explanation of hell.
I have ever read!❤
@@sertinduhm6378 Christ will take away the sting of all our hard experiences as we see how it played out to work for good. All our human bad can be used for good. So the regret we will feel will be also magnified by the joy of His use of our bad for the redemption of others.
@@zionmama150you didn’t even give a rebuttal to their response haha. I agree with you sin is hell as Buddhists believe reality is filled with dukkah essentially a perpetual cycle of disappointment and lack of fulfillment I believe that earth is our hell and we will keep coming back until we’ve learned the lessons we need to live eternally. I’ve grown up in the church and still attend regularly but it is my fathers church not mine. I don’t believe it is a bad or hateful place but modern day religious institutions spread seeds of spiritual doubt. I believe in an afterlife and a loving god but I don’t need an institution to tell me that I only need my own personal day to day experiences to reaffirm that. Churches are houses for broken people I god has put them their for people who need them but they are not objective truth and never will be the only true church is the church of men the people that surround us and until we realize this as the fallen divine beings we are we will never futile what gods true plan of unity is.
@@Dimitriptamine I gave a rebuttal that was intended to explain, not argue. Regardless, this goes back to the idea that we are not given final judgment WHEN we die, but rather there is a waiting period where we live in the realm of spirits. We process our life and seek to correct errors as well as help God’s children on Earth. The reason for this is that resurrection happens after the final judgment. And that resurrection won’t happen until Christ comes back. So yes, our sufferings will end. But there is a process.
Hell is sin. Hell is regret. Hell is shame. It takes a while and perspective that we don’t have here on Earth to fully overcome it. That’s why it is only through Christ’s grace we are saved, but to accept that gift, we must choose some action that shows faith in Him. Believing His way enough to act is faith enough to be saved. If a person has no faith, they will not act. So action is faith.
Dead-works is described in the scriptures and refers to ordinances done incorrectly. Faith requires good works or it is not faith. This is why being a part of the correct church (Christ’s church) is vital, for the symbolism of the ordinances teaches us properly how to overcome sin and come back into the presence of God.
Fun story, I got my first copy of The Book of Mormon while I was working at Salvation Army cause they were giving them out for free
Read it! (along with the Bible) Godspeed to you.
You're an inspiration, thank you so much Ashley for your story
I love this! Thank you for your story Ashly! I’m currently in a faith crisis and i need to remember how much joy the gospel
Has brought into my life, and into others. I need to “cling to the good parts” and focus on that
@Eternally Catholic I disagree with you. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is based on God, the Father and His Son Jesus Christ. Helaman 8:12..."remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall." Joseph Smith was called as his servant and was inspired to bring forth the Book of Mormon from which the above quote from the Book of Helaman is taken.
@Eternally Catholic Joseph Smith sought to bring us to Christ...just as Moses tried to bring the children of Israel to Christ. He was a prophet, called of God to be his mouthpiece to His children on earth. That is my witness to you.
@Eternally Catholic If God has warned us against false prophets, then it follows that there are true prophets. Joseph Smith was a true prophet. He restored the true Church of Jesus Christ. The Church needed to be restored because there was an apostacy, a falling away. I appreciate that you are dedicated to your faith and are doing all you can to convince me that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is not the true church. I believe, however, that it is. I know for myself by the whisperings of the Holy Spirit. I know that Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He condesended to come to earth to live a perfect life of example for us and to suffer and die so that we could be forgiven of our sins and to return to the presence of our Father. I think we both can agree to praise His holy name.
Satan can be so wily and it can be so easy to forget the experiences we’ve had that brought us to faith. I’ve had many opportunities where my faith came down to a simple choice to remember what God has done and hold on or to forget. ❤❤ hope you can climb your way back into the light!
This 🙌🏼 I remember on the bathroom floor praying to God saying "I am not moving until I know of this is wrong or right" - I had a lot of doubts. And finally at the end of it God was like "I'm not going to answer what your asking me about at this time but I want you to remember all of the things that made you believe in the first place." And once I pondered that and remembered some really important memories that testified to me of the reality of God and my faith in his church that he led me to. I'm so grateful I didn't just give up - I'm glad I was truly seeking and open to what God wanted to tell me. Remembering those has changed my life. Jesus Christ means everything to me.
Sobriety warrior! Wahoooo!
I loved this so much! You are amazing! I am so grateful for your example! Sobriety isn't the easiest thing in the world, and I'm SO GRATEFUL for the love and compassion of my Savior! I'm so grateful for the strength He lends me, and for the comfort and encouragement I get from the ability to be forgiven!
After you've been to the large spacious building, and have waded back through the murky waters and found your way back to the straight and narrow, and you partake of the sacrament for the first time in so long you can't even remember.... it's a great feeling. It's empowering!
I'm so proud of you! What a strong sister!
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This is very similar to my own story, except my detox was a more gradual process and didn't happen till I was in my late 30s! I came back into the church and the Come Follow Me lessons of the past year have been such an eye opening experience (thanks to the Follow Him podcast), and I try to combine that with reading the Book of Mormon everyday. Once you gain that testimony of the Book of Mormon, God will reveal the truth of the restoration if you search and pray, I believe that and have experienced it. I'm also in a small ward and have been able to teach a youth class, which has pushed me to really learn about the old testament.
Well done! I too know, and have seen with my own eyes, the difference between light and say the gospel of Jesus Christ ushers in.
Loving it great videos as always ! I would love more doctrine videos
I had some cool experiences coming back to church! I love conversion stories! Thanks for sharing❤
Thanks for watching!
As a parent all you want is the best for your kids. To see them on a path that never ends well... is heart breaking. So very happy Ashly was able to experience a change of heart, and now her and her husband helping others. I can only imagine how happy and proud their parents must be. God speed.
coming back is the heartbreaking part though. The LDS church is not true. The BOM teaches doctrine that proves the church is false.
@@sertinduhm6378 yeah, it's true.
@@johnwgarrett1 The LDS church is not true. Tell me, when is sin ever the right answer?
@@sertinduhm6378 when the question is, why do we need a Savior?
@@johnwgarrett1 funny and cute. but, if a Savior is needed, that means that sin is required. if sin is required, then God is not a God of righteousness.
Not sure how I stumbled upon this channel but glad I did. This women has an incredible story to share and I'm so impressed about how she can be so open about her struggles she has gone through. What a great story of redemption. A story of great determination and willpower. This is such a serious topic that I'm not sure how I felt about the little video inserts that popped up throughout her interview. Nothing needed to be added as her message or I guess interjected throughout I should say. Her message alone was powerful enough and the topic is serious enough.
Ashly, I have been loving your podcast!! It was great to see you here, I hadn’t heard your story yet. So so powerful.
Amazing! Thanks!!!
I hit bottom ,had money to drink n smoke ,selling my art,cycle for years ,24/7 7 days a week,had to make art to feed addiction,it did not end till preying one day missionary sisters saved me
Such an amazing story, thanks for sharing this!
Great story. Ashlyl I love your podcasts. Thank you for doing them and spreading the positivity of those who find their way back to the gospel. Thanks to SU for bringing us these videos.
Thanks Gary for your kind words and for being a part of our community!
I LOVE her podcast!!!
Bro's & Sis's, i forever thank our ETERNAL PARENT'S, for the Come Back Podcast; Please keep up the good works.
Well done Ashly.
This sounds like my story in HS. Even the hard drug mentioned, just twice, so never addicted. I always had a testimony, but I was not converted. I didn't like alcohol, gratefully.
I appreciate her sharing her story, always hilarious to see trolls in the chat trying to speak for experiences for others.
What a gorgeous woman…
I love Saints Unscripted and I love Ashley's podcast as well I watch both all the time. I agree those who leave the Church are very loud even in my home. So Thank you both for being the loud but calm voice of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
I was touched by the hosts reactions to Ashley's story. They were truly Christ like. They were not judgemental. Thank you for that. I'm sure Ashley's story will help many.
Except for the tweezer moment: "oh my gosh!" because she wasn't allowed to pluck her eyebrows 😃
what's wrong with the body hair we were created with
I did a similar thing Ashly. We have a lot in common :)
Ashley, I'm in a similar situation, but I know as an addict you left SO much out. It's so weird because I've been getting SO much from your podcast. I wanted to check out your story. I was a little disappointed, but I'm hoping it's because of the interview. There were so many things I wanted you to talk about, especially what drove you to drugs. I have always been that guy who's quiet until he's not , but that allowed me to sit back and observe a lot of things, I notice a lot of things others don't, like if we were in ninth grade together, your were the type of person I'd give meth to. You'd would talk all night, and TELL ME EVERYTHING. The next day your coming back with all your $hit to cluck. Do you wanna know why I would of picked you ? Because you were bored and wanted to be COOL and that being COOL part is where I knew I had you. This is the type of honesty I wanted to hear, why was it so important to fit in but more then that why would you want to fit in with the type of people you were hanging out with ?
There was so much more besides that example
i don't know if she's doing it consciously, but I think there is an element of cool to being a returning mormon. it's easy to fit in when you're cool
very nice story- thank you for sharing! but do you guys have to still do the swipe outtakes? they're lame and actually quite distracting.
I love “why I came back” stories! Welcome home!!
As a mom of a 36 & 38 year old, my heart is breaking for what her parents went through. I’m at minute 11:32. I’m glad this has a happy ending.
I wonder if Mormon stories podcast would have her on🤷♀️👏🤷♀️
no, because she's a positive
I enjoy your pod cast but your dorky clips Detract from the spirit of the discussion
And it hurts the ears of iPod wearers
sorry but can you move the picture, it doesn't need to be on the table .
19:16 19:19
I'm super sad today I might have to push my baptism date from the 17 cause I had to get staples I got cut on my head yesterday
I'm sorry Tori. That must be disappointing. Keep moving forward with Faith. In the long run this will be but a small moment to wait.
I'm super glad that you are getting baptized! Stick with it!
I bet your doctor would tell you it's ok to get baptized still. You just dry them off quickly after you're done. You can shower with staples and that dunk happens pretty fast.
@@jbailey1898 I have a concussion to I got checked for one yesterday
Hang in there, Tori. ❤
Your disparaging comment about Fresno was unnecessary and inappropriate.
The church doesn’t and has never had the power to save or change a persons heart ONLY JESUS CHRIST CAN SAVE AND CHANGE HEARTS. I’ve heard similar stories from other people from other churches saying their church saved them. I think that as believers in Christ we should be more aware of where the power and authority to save and change is coming from which is CHRIST. The LDS church and other churches should stop using their salvation/ change of heart stories to prove their church is the only true church because at the end it’s not the church it’s CHRIST who’s makes ALL THINGS POSSIBLE. Christ is the common denominator in all these stories which is way many people from different religions see miracles in their lives. The atonement of Jesus Christ is available to EVERYONE and not limited to just one church….this was a beautiful story of what CHRIST can do for a person when they genuinely invite him into their lives.
I totally agree that people should be more Christ centered. It is because of Jesus Christ and that seems to slip peoples mind sometimes. The atonement is available to everyone, however ordinances have to be performed through a line of authority (still available, or at least will be, to everyone). Thankyou for your thought. Because of you sharing this comment I will try to be more Christ centered and remember that it is all because of Him.
The church she was referring to was The Church of Jesus Christ! I think she was giving appropriate credit.
The reason the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can save you is because Jesus Christ is the head of the church. So yes Jesus Christ is the only one that can save you.
I also agree
@@DW-ko4pd how do you know he is the head of the lds church? And yes I've prayed and got no awenser that he was
Shouldn't it be Chrst change your life
The video interruptions are just stupid ! Please stop using them .
Thanks for your feedback! It's rare that we get this feedback but we'll take note :)
I really enjoy them. In my opinion they offer a rest in the intensity of these discussions. A reminder that we are all human. Humor is disarming to me. Even if it doesn't come naturally. Just my opinion.
You couldn't shave your legs for 15 months
How STUPID to arrest someone for using drugs. That's absolutely insane and ridiculous.
Never coming back. CES letter.
And?
Get some more life experiences and learn this and I'm 70 yrs old, "never say never".
Which is more harmful: leaving the church or shooting heroin?
Leaving the Church harms you spiritually, shooting heroine harms you physically. Either one may lead to the other.
Through Jesus Christ, all can be healed and made whole.
@@mikeonthecomputer Which is more harmful?
@@mikefoxtrot1314 shooting heroine is more harmful. Leaving the church is a good thing.
@@sertinduhm6378 Suppose the church were everything it claimed to be, do you think leaving it would be harmful?
@@mikefoxtrot1314 I am not supposing anything here. I know it is false.
If you say you left the church, but you never doubted the church was true, did you really leave the church? It sounds like you were just an addict.
Side note: You should have stuck to the weed.
Weed is not in concordance with the Word of Wisdom.
@@mikeonthecomputer Re-read D&C 89
@@mikefoxtrot1314 I'd ask you to. How do you think D&C 89 would support substance addiction?
Half of the entire section is a warning against addictions.
@@mikeonthecomputer cannabis isn’t addictive.
Does the word of wisdom mention prescription pain killers?
@@mikefoxtrot1314 It is absolutely addictive, and harmful too.
the BOM teaches us that God is a liar, a contradictor of Himself, does not allow true agency, and gives man the desire to sin. In fact the BOM shows that God's intention is for us to sin. Why is there even a church at all?
scripture references?
@@Sunshine-eo2sp 2nd Nephi 2. (taking multiple verses, so just the chapter in general.) Ether 12: 27
@@sertinduhm6378 interpretation you came to believe is really odd if you make such conclusions
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"Liar"
I don't see what you're talking about
"Contradicts himself"
Are you talking about how God gave man the ability to use their agency is God contradicting himself? God wants us to use our agency to choose him, he does not want to make us into his puppets.
Or is it thing with Adam and Eve? Here is the deal, if you don't think that the fall of Adam and Eve was a good thing, then you believe in a God who is on plan B. Doesn't sound very omniscient in my mind, in fact verse 24 says that all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things.
"does not allow true agency"
literally the opposite
16 - Wherefore, the Lord God gave unto man that he should *act for himself*. Wherefore, man could not act for himself save it should be that he was enticed by the one or the other.
27 Wherefore, **men are free** according to the flesh; and call things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.
"Gives man desire to sin"
That is not what Ether says. God literally makes weak things strong according to ether. God certainly has a habit of using small and simple (weak) things to bring to pass great things. (making them strong in the process of obedience, faith, discipleship, etc.)
- David overcoming goliath
- Fishermen to serve as apostles
- Isaiah was "slow of speech"
- Moses was the same
- Joseph Smith to bring about the Book of Mormon.
- etc.
@@Sunshine-eo2sp here, let me break it down. God gave 2 commandments, to have children, and to not eat the fruit. The BOM states that Adam and Eve could not have children unless they partook of the fruit. this is a confradiction that is only further shown through the plan of Salvation. Christ cannot come into the world without partaking of the fruit. So in essence, God commanded Adam and Eve contrary to His plan, to His promises in the Pre earth realm, and contrary to His Will. So, yes, God lies in the BOM (which means He ceases to exist.)
As for Ether 12:27 it states that God (not Satan) gives us our weaknesses. So yes, God is giving the desire to sin as well.
I here ya sister