When I look back over my life and see how God has brought me ... My soul cries out with praise!! Let me just share with you, I pray you have a minute. I was born on September 6, 1978. Shortly after my delivery of coming into the world the Doctor declared that I had viral meningitis. They told my mother I may not live long. I stayed in the hospital for 3months.. Then I had to be seen once a month for 6 months and then I was under the doctor's care once a month for five years.
Also when I was three my house caught fire and I was in the same room the fire started. Then again at the age of eight a second fire ravished my family's home. Once again I was in the house.. this time alone! While enduring all these things from the ages of 5-11 I was sexually molested! By the time I became a teenager I was very promiscuous in sex acts and I had low self esteem allowing boys and men to have their way with me.
Of course good things happened throughout this time as well. I maintained an A average throughout all my school years. Winning Spelling Bees, Honor Roll, attending honor classes in high school and Graduating in the top twenty of my class. God blessed me with a beautiful daughter in 1998 and another in 2000. Not every one is able to have children therefore I truly look at my seed as blessings from on high!
Even through all my trials and tribulations God kept me! He has a greater purpose and plan for my life. He allowed me to endure so that my life would be a testimony for others to see the GREATNESS of God in my life, cause yet I stand! Even now I must proclaim that grace, mercy and most of all the LOVE of God is what has kept me over the years. I had always been in church as long as I can remember back to the age of four. At the age of 28 I decided to start really living my life for God by any means necessary!
I began to study the word of God, pray more, assemble at a great church (Shaw Temple AME) for worship and walk in the life God had called me to. He has always blessed me and kept me but I have found favor in his eyes since I have begun to live a more obedient life unto him. I have been blessed with great spiritual friends, leaders and a great man of God in my life as my siginificant other! I realize now more than ever that my life's tests, struggles, obstacles, etc. are all just building blocks for me to become the great woman of God that I am and are yet still growing into.
I am thankful..very thankful! If you look back over your life I am sure you will find you own building blocks that were set before you to make you the person you are today. Well there is more to come... For Jeremiah 29:11 says "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord"plans to prosper you not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
God has already ordained your purpose in life it is up to you to choose it!
I am still standing for a purpose, and I choose to walk in the purpose God has for me... Be encouraged my sistahs and brothas and know that God is God! Walk in purpose..for this is the reason why God has allowed you to still stand!
Peace and Blessings
4 comments:
Sistah Kenya
All I can say is WOW! and Praise God for the way you openly and transparently shared your testimony. You are and will be a blessing to many who can't see their way out of what God has already taken you thru.
I pray for you that you continue to be obedient to Him and allow Him to use you for His purpose. I pray God continue to mold you and bless your ministry and as I wrote earlier I know you will be a blessing to a great many people especially young sistahs comin up trying to find their way. And look at you now a published author and you just about to get your degree... Your great testimony of struggle and faith shows them that there is hope, that there is a God and what a mighty God He is that we serve.
You are and have been a major inspiration to me as well and I thank God for blessing me with you in my life my sistah.
I can see the wonderful work He is doin thru you and the amazing thing is that this is just the tip of the iceberg, you havent seen anything yet my sistah, Stay Blessed, Stay Prayed Up and Stay Spirital Minded!
-AJ 'Brother ROK' Woodson
You are Truly an Awesome Woman of GOD!! Keep Letting HIM have his way with you! Love you girl!
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