I hope after reading my story you have gotten something out of it. Through life everyone will have to go through something, and deal with certain things, and God knows you will be able to handle it. Sometimes God allows us to go through things to strengthen ourselves. We may cry, and think about giving up while going through, but the best thing is making our way through it. I have always asked the question, Can you ever move on with life after you have been abused? I have found out that there is always a way out. You have to be willing and ready to find that way. You have to be ready to be healed. You have to be ready to allow God to take control. God will give you what you need to make the storm in your life cease. I have learned that by allowing God to come in and take control, my life has come to be something wonderful. It was not easy to let some of these things go. It did hurt to think about what was done to me mentally and physically, but I know that no one was able to put my life back together but God. There are yet some things that I cannot open up, because in the inside those things yet hurt me. I know that in order for me to be completely healed, I have to let God take it all away. I can say today that I am yet Under Construction by God. To this day, I think of myself as a survivor not a victim. I am not making it seem as if everything is perfect, but God has given me my peace of life, my joy, my ability to love and give love back. In some points of my life, I was afraid that someone was not going to believe me. I was afraid that I would not get accepted by anyone. I felt nasty, I felt lonely, I felt lost, most of all I felt unwanted. It does feel good to be understood. It feels good to be heard. Getting feelings out that have been hidden for years hurts and at times was confusing but it does feel good to have control of what goes on in my life again. Sometimes we want things to be perfect, no scratches, no bumps, no holes, but life will not always be that way. In order for us to know how strong we are, we have to go through something. We have to allow ourselves to be used by God. Sometimes it may seem like it has been raining in our lives for a long time, but if you continue to have faith in God, your storm will cease and the sun will shine. A storm is said to be a disturbance in your life, with strong trials and tribulations and usually also with pain, struggling, tears, or anything to test your faith in God. We are going to go through storms in our walk with God, but you have the power to tell that storm in your life to cease. To this day I can say, “I Told the Storm…..”
