From Pompons to Prison
Hosea 2:15 I will make the Valley of Achor (Trouble) a door of hope and expectation for her.
As I look back on my life, the good and the bad, I can now see God everywhere. His hand was always on my life even when I didn’t know HIM or recognize his protection.
My life is full of many tragic sorrows some that were out of my control and others that were a consequence of my bad choices. It is amazing to look back and see how God protected me.
I praise my Savior because I surely did not deserve his protection. But he loved me and never gave up. I am so thankful to Him that I feel I have been led to write and share my testimony, which brings glory to God.
He has restored me and taught me what is truly important in this life. He gently admonishes me and shows me the error in my thinking. Our thoughts are so important, and the origins of our thoughts are essential to know.
There is an enemy in this world ready to devour and ruin our lives. All he wants is to steal our peace. We must be on our guard and in constant communication with Jesus to prevent that from happening. If we take our eyes off Jesus it is so easy to slip.
My prayer for you is to have an intimate relationship with Jesus and understand that this relationship will bring you all that you have been longing for. For years I tried to fill the empty hole within me with drugs, alcohol, material possessions, and many other destructive behaviors. These worked for a while but then they took over my life and brought about destruction.
ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD I WAS NOT DESTROYED, I came close but He has restored my life. I will share my life in hopes that it will help you.
God is the way and the truth; John 8:32 “ And you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.”
The truth has certainly set me free. For years I hid behind the walls I had built up to protect myself. too scared to share who I really was. The fear of judgment and rejection paralyzed me until I had the most amazing encounter with God, finally surrendering all to him. He gave me the courage to step out in faith and to become open and transparent about my past. I stepped out of the dark into marvelous light and have been running towards that light ever since. You too can be freed from anything that has you in bondage. There is ALWAYS hope.
I pray that God will speak to you through my story; to be honest it is HIS story through me. I am so thankful for my freedom.