yesterday someone asked what is my favorite michael jackson song... it is you are not alone... Jesus used to sing me that song while I lived in the depths of hell... I have very little memory of my time spent in hell, but I have a few that I will share with you today...
my abuser used to think we looked like the perfect family if we took bike rides together... so every saturday we would take these bike rides.. for 10 mile journeys... and what looked like fun to the average person was honestly just another form of abuse... my son was only 5... one time he put the pole of his handlebar through the back of his leg... at least an inch deep... his dad made him suck it up... and ride the whole way home... he has a very bad scar on the back of his leg to this day... as he didn't need stiches, he just needed to man up at 5 years old...
he was riding my daughter on the bar across the bike one day when she was 4... she lost her balance and her ankle went into the spoke of the bike and took off all the skin the whole way down to the bone.. she had to wear a cast for 8 weeks and she also has a very nasty scar.. she didn't learn to ride a bike until she was 10... she was afraid of them...
the point is to tell you what I learned while in hell... I think it is very important that whatever situation you are in, that it is not in vain.. and you learn lessons that you can take with you.. that you have grown... from even the bad situation...
1. do not make your own decisions... allow God to guide your life.. otherwise you may end up in hell...
2. trust God at all times... even once you have gotten yourself in hell, God is faithful and trustworthy and he will pull you up out of it...
3. something can be learned from every situation... even an abusive one.. you learn that you are much stronger than you thought you are... you learn that God loves even you...
4. God will never leave you or forsake you... He used to sing you are not alone to me... He will sing something to you...
5. you are not what someone else says you are... you are what God says you are.. and if you don't know what that is, you need to read your bible to find out, but one thing God says is that we are all made in His image... which means that you are full of love and peace and mercy and goodness... despite what others may say... you are beautiful... when they tell you that you are not, you can know that you are because they are trying to make you believe something untrue...
6. allow no one to destroy you... God created you with a purpose and you cannot allow anyone to destroy the good that God made in you... no one else can be you... no one else can do your job in the kingdom of heaven... and that is why they are trying to destroy you to begin with...
7. God is truly all you need... He will be your best friend, lover of your soul, your protector, your providor... everything you need or want... allow Him to be your all in all....
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