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How God Broke Through
While growing up my family wasnt exactly saved yet. When I was 12 years old my parents had a desire to go to church. We started attending and my parents became very connected. Even though my parents were involved I didnt exactly look forward to going to church on Sundays. I later found myself taking part in youth group and singing on the Worship Team. Did I give my life to Christ at this time in my life? Did I grow a personal relationship with Him? Not exactly! Looking back, there has been a lot of hurt in my past. From the age of 7-10 I was sexually abused by an older man whom was living with my family since before I was born. I didnt end up notifying my parents of this till last year. At the age of 13 I was abused in the same manner once again, this time by my boyfriend at the time. Someone I thought I could trust. The hurt from these experiences led me to looking for love in the wrong places. From the age of 13-15 I was always dating. I would get hurt, and in hope to be treated better I soon found another boyfriend. At the age of 15 I was in a relationship with a guy. I remember starting to dislike the type of people I was hanging around with and at this time I also started fighting constantly with the guy I was seeing. Something had taken a hold of my life. Something I couldnt fight. I broke up with the guy I was dating; I switched schools, and moved to an entirely different area. Once this big change took place I had a desire to look for a youth group to attend.
On February 27th/2003, I attended a youth group in the area and that night I broke down and gave my heart to Jesus. I realized I needed him because my life was a mess. Every place I turned to seek hope and some weird kind of love, I hit a dead end.
I am now 18 and God has made a really big change in my life. I now live daily for him and in life I want to serve Him and His people. He has called me to lead worship and recently has placed a big passion on my heart. Not only am I passionate about leading His people in worship, but I have a passion to help teenagers and to teach them about Sexual Purity.
Recently, the boy I was abused by at the age of 13 crossed my path. This caused a lot of hurt to come to the surface. In this time of pain the Lord spoke to me through Hebrews 10:32-36 saying Dont forget all the hard times you went through when you first received the light. Sometimes you were abused and mistreated in public, and at other times you shared in the suffering of others You let your possessions be taken away, because you knew you had something better, something that would last forever. Keep on being brave! It will bring great rewards. Learn to be patient, so that you will please God and be given what He has promised. This scripture helps me to remember how Christ has brought me so far and has never left my side. It helps me to hold on to the truth, that in my time of pain he is there. Even though I still hurt from the past, Christ is the only one who can heal my hurt. He has truly been doing a miracle of healing in my life.
Even though someone can have a past of hurt and bad experiences God can bring good out of it. I now serve the one who hurt me when I was 13 and am friends with his current ex-girlfriend and am hoping to help her through all the hurt he has caused her as well.
Danielle .P.
While growing up my family wasnt exactly saved yet. When I was 12 years old my parents had a desire to go to church. We started attending and my parents became very connected. Even though my parents were involved I didnt exactly look forward to going to church on Sundays. I later found myself taking part in youth group and singing on the Worship Team. Did I give my life to Christ at this time in my life? Did I grow a personal relationship with Him? Not exactly! Looking back, there has been a lot of hurt in my past. From the age of 7-10 I was sexually abused by an older man whom was living with my family since before I was born. I didnt end up notifying my parents of this till last year. At the age of 13 I was abused in the same manner once again, this time by my boyfriend at the time. Someone I thought I could trust. The hurt from these experiences led me to looking for love in the wrong places. From the age of 13-15 I was always dating. I would get hurt, and in hope to be treated better I soon found another boyfriend. At the age of 15 I was in a relationship with a guy. I remember starting to dislike the type of people I was hanging around with and at this time I also started fighting constantly with the guy I was seeing. Something had taken a hold of my life. Something I couldnt fight. I broke up with the guy I was dating; I switched schools, and moved to an entirely different area. Once this big change took place I had a desire to look for a youth group to attend.
On February 27th/2003, I attended a youth group in the area and that night I broke down and gave my heart to Jesus. I realized I needed him because my life was a mess. Every place I turned to seek hope and some weird kind of love, I hit a dead end.
I am now 18 and God has made a really big change in my life. I now live daily for him and in life I want to serve Him and His people. He has called me to lead worship and recently has placed a big passion on my heart. Not only am I passionate about leading His people in worship, but I have a passion to help teenagers and to teach them about Sexual Purity.
Recently, the boy I was abused by at the age of 13 crossed my path. This caused a lot of hurt to come to the surface. In this time of pain the Lord spoke to me through Hebrews 10:32-36 saying Dont forget all the hard times you went through when you first received the light. Sometimes you were abused and mistreated in public, and at other times you shared in the suffering of others You let your possessions be taken away, because you knew you had something better, something that would last forever. Keep on being brave! It will bring great rewards. Learn to be patient, so that you will please God and be given what He has promised. This scripture helps me to remember how Christ has brought me so far and has never left my side. It helps me to hold on to the truth, that in my time of pain he is there. Even though I still hurt from the past, Christ is the only one who can heal my hurt. He has truly been doing a miracle of healing in my life.
Even though someone can have a past of hurt and bad experiences God can bring good out of it. I now serve the one who hurt me when I was 13 and am friends with his current ex-girlfriend and am hoping to help her through all the hurt he has caused her as well.
Danielle .P.
