Posted by: elisha on Thursday, February 27, 2003 - 09:20 PM
Hello my name is Elisha. I am 22 years old and I have three kids. I have been living for the Lord off and on since I was thirteen years old. I met Jerry when I was 14 or 15. I remember it was the best thing that had happened to me, but I'll get to that later. When I was growing up my father and mother used to steal everything I ever had. I don’t remember that much but I do remember my dad asking me to pick a doll and me asking him why we don’t just take it because I was so used to stealing everything. That doll was the first and only thing my father ever actually bought for me.
Well when I was 6 my dad’s friend molested me. Then when I was 7 or 8 my father molested me two days after Christmas. I told my mom the day after. We went to court I had to testify against my father. He got 4 years in prison. We moved and my mom met a man that she got with and she got pregnant with my little sister. Well this man beat my mom almost to death many times. I remember one time seeing my mother’s feet bouncing on the bed and hearing her gasp for air. I snuck out of the house and went to the neighbor’s house and called the cops.
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Well the cops came and at that time they could not do any thing unless my mother said she wanted him to go. Well she did not and I had to go home to the man who almost killed my mother. I was scared he was going to beat me also. I praise God that he never laid a hand on me. It was my mother that hit me out of frustration from him hitting her. She would also beat us kids because she was getting beat for spending time with us. My mom would not leave him because she was to scared that he would kill her or stalk her if she left. The only kid she would not beat is his kid because if she did he would beat her even more.
My brother and sister and I had to go either out side all the time or in our rooms. We could not talk, hug or love on our mother or she would get beaten later that night. She would even get beaten when his favorite teams lost. No one new but most of the time I was on the top of the stairs listening or watching through the mirror.
Then we moved to... and we thought we had gotten rid of him. We were wrong. He moved to the same town as us took my mother to court for my little sister and got her. Now I am one sister short. I was 13 when he took my mother to court. I started to run away drinking looking for love any way I could. I lost my virginity at 13 also.
My mom got me to go to one of Jerry’s meetings at CPNC. He told me if I finished school and stayed with God he would give me a scholarship to college and I would work under him. Well let me tell you I did not do that. I kept running away did drugs watched friends die. Watched friends go in and out of jail. Had a lot of men say they loved me... all they wanted was my body... I got raped... I slept with many men looking for love Knowing in my heart God would love me. I got pregnant with whom I thought was my best friend’s brothers baby. He told me to have an abortion I said no and for that I lost my best friend her family all my friends even my family.
My mother was living with me but she was so angry that she did not talk to me much about any thing especially my baby. She met a man that I did not like probably because I for once in my life I needed my mother to be there for me being how she was not able to be there most of my life. Because I was so young I did not feel my mother was there for me and I was upset because she could be there and she was not. I started believing in God again I tried to get my mom to do so also but that did not happen.
I had my daughter when I was 16 my mom was there for the delivery only again I was alone she was with her boyfriend. After I had my daughter I met up with one of my friends. He came over to my house and he never left. We had gotten together and my faith and love for God went down the drain. I thought he loved me but he started cheating right off the bat. I got a visit from CPS saying I could not be with my boyfriend... The state came and took my baby and I had to fight. Then when my daughter was 6months old I had gotten pregnant again. Well I thought that my boyfriend would be there for me. Well I was wrong he told me to have an abortion because his ex would not let him see his son if I had the baby (what I did not now is he was sleeping with her trying to have a relationship with her). I told him no I would not kill my baby that I could do it on my own so he tried to kick me in my belly and kill my baby. I ran he cried I went back. We stayed together I had my son. The state took him later because I told them my boyfriend was not there and he was. They took my son and my daughter again.
Well my boyfriend and I lied and stayed together started to go to church and got married had another baby his first girl we got to keep her. I thought things were going great I had my God, kids, and the man I thought I loved. We started to not go to church. The state... took my kids from there school and took my baby from my arms... I got a Divorce...
I stared doing drugs I had not done before... CPS said they were going to start giving me UA s so instead of doing drugs I drank went to the bars every weekend went home with a man I had only met that night then went home with a friend the next weekend found out I was pregnant and I do not know who the father is. I am now 6months pregnant.
My mother had told me about Jerry coming back and he was going to be there Sunday night I went Sunday morning and brought a friend Sunday night. We both gave our lives back to the Lord I have been forgiven for all that I have done to myself my children and all the pain I have put the Lord threw. I have been healed my stomach muscles were so warn out from having so many kids so fast and young. I was praying and my God healed them I went to the doctors the next week and she said she could see a difference. I feel no guilt for anything I did because I have been forgiven.
And one of these days I will get all of my kids back. I will take care of them like the Lord wanted me to in the first place. So now I have been saved my best friend Keah is saved her friend Terry is saved. Terry’s cousin Liz is saved, and three or four other girls from Terry and Liz are now saved. Keah and Terry’s husbands both are thinking about comming to church on Wednesday for Pizza. Mother brother and sister and my mother’s new boyfriend have all came back to the Lord. My mother’s new boyfriend he is the best man my mom has ever found he helps us kids he does not want to take time away from us with our mom. He paid for me to go to college to become a CAN, and paid for my car to get fixed so for those of you who don’t have a father God will be your father or give u a father figure.
God will take care of you so don’t push Him. He will do it in Hhis timing. I am 22 years old and just got my father and a great mother she does not beat us and she is trying to change with God's help she is changing. She does not yell as much as she used to when I was younger. She quit drinking and has not drank for two years. Plus she wants to help and be there for me when ever she can. Because my God loves me and he loves you. God loves us and Hhe will give you what you need to live. Have faith and love Hhim for every thing that happens the good and the bad. Because if bad did not happen to me in some way. How would I touch you or let you know that you are Not The Only One? And hopefully bring you to the Lord to be saved also. Thank you Jerry for serving the Lord or I would still be living n sin!! This time I am Not Going To Leave The Lord Ever!!!!!!!!
Thank you Lord for forgiving me and setting me free. Thank you for letting me be able to share what You have done in my life.
Lord please use this to bring many people to you I Love you Lord
