For those of you who do not know my history, I would like to share a little of it with you. I do this because of
Revelation 12:11, "I am an over comer and I overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my
testimony."  My prayer is that this will find someone who is down and without hope and God will use my
testimony to shine light into the dark places.

I am a survivor of childhood abuse.  Without elaborating, because the details are not important, I was abused
emotionally, physically and sexually.  I have spent my lifetime trying to overcome the effects and suffer with
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  I believe that so many others suffer in silence as I did for twenty years.  I also
believe that God can use my life to shine light for others.  So I have chosen to break the silence and I speak out
to anyone that will listen.  My message is not one of pity but a message of hope…God can overcome anything
that Satan can come up with!  Nothing in our lives is so big, no one is so broken that God cannot hack through
the rocks to expose the brilliant diamond that he created us to be.  If we keep fighting, keep believing, keep
praying…God is faithful and He will redeem us.  The road that we walk through to redemption can be dark and
confusing but God shines just enough to see us through.  He places people and circumstances just where we
need them…sometimes those people are there to carry us until we gather enough strength to walk again.  No
matter what the circumstance is, God will see us through.  Whether we can see that or not, it is the truth.

It is easy to get so intensely focused on the problem that I lose sight of the answer.  I am forever getting
wrapped up in my emotions and that snowballs on me.  The more I focus on the problem, the bigger it becomes. 
After awhile of struggling in my own strength I get that "duh" moment and realize that God is standing right
there waiting on me to ask Him to jump in.  Then I submit before him and I search for truth in the only place
that I can trust, in scripture and prayer.  If I earnestly search for truth bigger than myself, God will whisper it in
my ear and that truth penetrates through to my very soul…just enough to carry me through another season.

My prayer for you today is that whatever you are carrying, that you will lay it down before God and pray for his
soft sweet redeeming whisper that nurtures your soul and carries you through.

Through His Blood,
Marcy