“God will strengthen you when no one else can”
“He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.”
ByFaith writes:
This scripture means so much to me because I have been through so much in my short lifetime. I recall as a teenager crying and asking God why I could not have a normal life like my peers.
My life starts with my mother living with a woman who ended up being an alcoholic and dying during my teenage years, leaving me to care for myself and my newborn child. Shortly afterwards, I gave birth to another child who was murdered by my live-in boyfriend. I lived in a physically abusive relationship with a man who was strung out on drugs and gave me syphilis, almost losing sight in my left eye and shedding a lot of hair. I lost my job after purchasing a four bedroom home, and yet I still stand and can give God praise.
I encourage everyone today to know God is real. His love for us is true. Nothing nor anyone matches the love he has for us. And through my experiences, as difficult as they have been (I only shared 1 percent of my trials), I hope I can bless you today to tell you…the Word of God will strengthen you when no one else can.
Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on December 14th, 2006 and filed under Drugs & Alcohol, Your Stories, Grace.
April 18th, 2007 at 1:50 pm
:o)
A smile, hug and rejoicing to God is all I can think about after reading your story.
IT’s so hard to forget your past but once God has forgiven you, all your sins are as far as the east is to the west.
April 19th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Very wonderful testimony, really our Lord cares for us. It’s my personal experience. The only very important things is that we have to call upon His name and trust Him that He can do everything.
He is a very good God, to those who trust in Him.
April 23rd, 2007 at 3:59 am
hi
so inspiring. i praise God for your life. you have been in the hard times, but Lord is there to raise you up. according to His word, Psalms 139 that He searches us, and knows our whole being. Us being created in the secret. God knows how you feel and how you’ve been thru. and He is there always to love you.
continue to surrender your life to our heavenly Father. there is nothing too hard for the Lord. i pray for your continuous healing, emotionally, physically and everything that is in it.
praise God!!