Fifteen is a young age to learn about the transforming power of God’s forgiveness… but not too young. It also wasn’t too young to begin learning that true, lasting forgiveness is only possible through Jesus Christ. Being sinned against by my own father had made me bitter and angry. Trying to cover up my feelings and …
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Dealing With Abuse Part I: A Hidden Heart
Hide-and-seek is a fun game until it stops being a game and becomes the way you live your life. Sometimes the innocent rules of a childhood pastime become a pattern of behavior that shapes who you are. Like most children, I never seemed to tire of the simple neighborhood activity. It had everything needed to …
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Infidelity and Restoration: My Story
Infidelity and restoration typically aren’t usually used in the same sentence because, well, it’s almost impossible to be restored after infidelity strikes a marriage. Right? I mean, that’s what the world says, isn’t it? Well, my story is different. My story is a story of fear, betrayal, heartbreak, and Jesus. And the latter is the …
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The Miracle of Adoption: Our Story
Our adoption isn’t one that has been neat and tidy wrapped up beautifully with a bow. Not by any means. But it’s our story. It’s God’s story. You are the helper of the fatherless. Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear, …
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A Journey of Healing: My Story
My story of childhood sexual abuse began at the age of nine and ended over three years later when I was twelve. The perpetrator, my father, abused his role of protector and taught me, without having to say a word, to fear and stay silent about anything I didn’t understand. As a result, until recently, …
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Striving to be Happy: My Story
“The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here.” — Robert Ingersoll To be honest, I used to look at those words on my flip calendar and be angry. I knew it was true, but I just didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to be happy now…in this …
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