I Sing, Does that Mean I Am Happy …
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I don't know what you have gone through or are suffering with at this very moment in your life, but there is help and hope. God is still on the throne and is very aware of your situation, He cares for you more than you could ever understand much less try to measure. He knows the condition as well as the intentions of your heart and the very thoughts of your mind, all He requires: believe that He is, and that He had a son named Jesus whom He freely gave as the ultimate sacrifice, and that through Him is how you approach the Father, no other way, and do not offend His Holy Ghost (Spirit). Once you have decided to follow Him, He will direct your your steps, though many times you'll mess up, that's when you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and continue on. There will be many times you will feel alone as you walk, but you won't be, He will be right there with you no matter what you are going through, good or bad.
My attention now will shift to anyone that might have come across this book in a way you just can't explain or understand. It was no accident, God put this book in your hands just as surely as you are breathing. You might have committed an act of abuse or violence against another individual(s), whether you meant to or not someone has suffered as result.
I, myself being a survivor, can see where you, as an abuser or former violent person would be slightly apprehensive to seek help for your problem or disorder. I can equally understand other survivors or family members of the victims who didn't survive, not be willing to forgive and forget. I had to overcome those feelings before I could move forward with my own life. Forgiving the people who had hurt me was the one thing I never wasted any time or energy on, as far as I was concerned I didn't care what happened to them, I was just thankful to escape. I learned in the years following that God does care for them as much as He cares and loves me. I, at first, was angry about that, how could God love the very person that had done such horrible things to me and caused me so much pain?! This just couldn't be, that to me was adding insult to injury.
I put it out of my mind and tried to live on, as normal a life as one could. I got a job, then another, and at nineteen I had two full time jobs and still felt like I needed to do more. I filled my days so full that the only things running through my mind were the responsibilities associated with the jobs I was working. I was likened to a workaholic which, at that time, I took as a compliment, later I realized it wasn't.
I have spent many hours, days, weeks..........years changing people's perception of life. Showing them, no matter which side of the equation they're on, they need to see it through the eyes of God our Father. I am actually excited when I am given an opportunity to reach another victim or another perpetrator. They have come to me for counseling, they're broken and have no idea what to do or where to go, they're tired of living their life as it is they are ready for something to change. I begin, of course, since I am a Christian and would not want to see anyone die and go to a place that was originally created for satan and all who followed him, I find out where they are spiritually. Some have never heard or know about Christ Jesus, others have been brought up in the church and still never knew Him, then there are those who were once traveling on the right course in life and for one reason or another sidestepped, doing things that does not glorify our Heavenly Father. After establishing there spiritual status then I move on to evaluating their current mental state, only then can I turn my attention or focus on why they think they have come in.
No matter, where you are at on your road to recovery or whichever side of the equation you find yourself on always remember that God can do anything! He can take the hurting, the wounded and heal them completely. He can take the vilest sinner and make them whiter than snow. Transforming them both into forgiven loved members of society, bringing them through many trials and troubles, making us all ready for Him!
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About the Book
Although this book was painful to write, having to dredge up the garbage from my early life, I forged on, seeing that there are far too many suffering abuse or the lasting effects of it, such as hurts, inward and outward, scars, bitterness, anger, and even hate. Some of these are misplaced. Instead of it coming out toward the source of their abuse, it is usually directed toward the ones who try to help or by uncontrolled fits of anger on otherwise insignificant matters. Even if there was only one suffering, that is one too many! I also seek to reach the abuser in this book. I do understand that there are just as many factors that have caused or are driving others to do such hideous things as there are the abused. Maybe you didn’t mean to or you felt power when you did these things, but no matter, God can and will forgive you! I believe this book would be a much-needed asset to any church, school, library, and home; it is meant to give hope and direction to the hurting, to help the one who finds themselves in a no-win situation because of their actions, and finally to heighten awareness in our families, communities, and in our churches that abuse is real, has many faces, and is standing right in our way. Making people aware will bring about a positive change and, with God, we can stop this life-altering crime!
About the Author
Like all of you, I was born. The specifics ie; place of birth, names of parents, race, or ages etc., are not important. Very early in my life I became a victim of abuse, it came in various forms. Being very young when it began I never even thought about it not being normal. It never occurred to me that it was wrong, to me it was my life, there was no way for me to know any different. Later, when I was about nine or ten, I was shocked to learn; this is not normal, not everyone goes through this. My life changed drastically that day! Even though I was still being abused I knew in my mind that this should not be happening and it needs to stop! I, from that day on, began plotting a way for that to happen, how and when, I did not know, but I wasn't going to give up until then. I did escape the abuse only to have it come back to me through the gut wrenching stories of the many people, both young and old, that I have counseled over these almost forty years. I have made it my business to be about doing God's business. I am very busy counseling and encouraging hurt and damaged lives get to the one that can bring them from being a victim to being VICTORIOUS with God!