Sometimes Facebook will remind you of some great memories & other times not so great. 2010 was a year full of hurt, emptiness, insecurity, confusion & brokenness. This picture is a reflection of that. Behind that pose, little dress 🙈 & fake smile was a lost soul who was crying out for help. I was engaged but yet entertaining another man. I would care after my son all week & I would go out to dance & drink about every other weekend. It was my definition of being free & having fun. 😣 I had been lied to & cheated on prior to this & I just became heartless. 💔

But God’s grace covered me & His mercy kept me. No matter what my past looks like, God still used it for my good & for His glory. He allowed me to make the mistakes I made because He knew one day I would praise Him & let others know of His power, grace, mercy, forgiveness & most importantly His love. He knew I would surrender, repent & turn my life over to Him. He knew that many will remember the life I lived & be encouraged by the new life God has given me. I give God ALL of the glory. I thank Him for never giving up on me. I thank Him for waiting on me & never letting me go. I thank Him for loving me despite of my brokenness. 💓

Was it an easy journey? Not at all. And it still isn’t. Shame, guilt & fear sometimes gets the best of me but I know this is the enemy’s way of trying to cripple me & make me feel unworthy of the calling God has over my life. But I refuse to allow his cowardly tactics to keep me from sharing who my Lord & Savior is, the One who rescued me from the pit of hell I was living in here on earth, the One who restored me, the One who healed me & set me free, the One who took my place on the cross so that I will spend eternal life in Heaven – Jesus Christ! 👑💓 There is so much more I can share about my God & all that He’s done for me but I’m here to tell you that He is worthy to be praised. There’s no greater love than His love. And salvation is a gift that is offered to us all … we just have to receive it by faith!! 🙏🙌