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friends 49 hours ago...
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my dad went to be with the lord he was 92 pray for me lol 219 hours ago...
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has lost 27 lbs since mid May! Feeling GREAT! 268 hours ago...
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has lost 23 lbs since mid May!!! I feel better than I have felt in a very long time! 4 hours ago...
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has lost 20 lbs in just over 5 weeks now! 4 minutes ago...
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| Stacy's Testimony |
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When I thought that things could not get any worse in my life, they did. I was married with a young daughter and pregnant with my second child. I had a great house and job and a wonderful family and friends. I always had a smile on my face and I presented myself as if nothing was wrong in my world. All was well until my husband found out that I had been having an affair for 3 years.
Every day of those 3 years I knew that it was wrong. So many times I tried to end the affair but the pull to continue was so very strong and I couldn't make myself end the relationship. I ignored God and ignored the heaviness in my heart. When I got pregnant I knew that it wasn't my husbands. Shortly after I got pregnant is when my husband found out. The pain I caused him is indescribable. He hated me and although he decided to not leave until after the baby was born and a DNA test was done, he decided that he would make my life miserable every second of every day until then. Knowing that I deserved every bit of wrath that he had to offer, I accepted the nonstop mental and physical abuse that followed. Every day and most all nights were filled with him yelling and cursing and calling me names. He would wake me up during the night to yell and abuse me. As I grew more pregnant my nerves begin to frazzle more and more and I was falling quickly into a spiral of despair. During this time I still had not asked God for help. I was ashamed of what I had done. How could I call on God now that I had ignored Him for so long?
My husband had decided that part of my punishment would be for everyone we knew to be told what I did. He told family and friends and people that I worked with. As I woke up each morning I wondered how I would make it through another day. I was so embarressed outside of my home and inside my home was a nightmare as well. When I came home from work one day my husband told me that he had told the lady that lived across the street from us. Her name was Laura and she often babysat our daughter and was considered a friend although not close. When he told me this I felt like something inside me physically broke. It was like there was one single twig holding me on to life and at that point the twig broke and I was falling into a black hole. I cried and cried and thought that I may never stop crying. That night I decided to sleep in the spare bedroom. I was so very worried about my baby and I knew that my emotions had to be hurting this sweet innocent child inside me. I layed on the bed and cried. And I prayed. For the first itme during all of this I prayed to God and asked for His help. I told him that I couldn't go on without His guidance and I needed His help. I prayed for what felt like hours. I cried and prayed and cried and prayed. After that I fell asleep and sleep better than I had in months.
The next day I felt a burdon on my heart to talk to Laura. I wasn't sure why I felt this way because I had tried to avoid everyone else that knew what I had done so why would I want to call someone the day after they found out? On my lunch break I decided to call her. Over the next 30 minutes Laura listened to me, ackowledged that I was wrong in what I did, and she encouraged me. She told me that I wasn't the only person that ever messed up and that God had a plan for me and that He would help me to get though this. She didn't hold back on her scolding me however she scolded me in love, not in hate. She reminded me that this beautiful baby inside as well as my young daughter needed me to be strong and to get myself together. By the time we hung up I felt happiness in my heart for the first time in months.
For the next month Laura was there for me to talk to whenever I needed her. She also talked to my husband and stressed to him that he needed to backoff of me somewhat, for the baby's sake if nothing else. One Saturday night I was visting with Laura and all the sudden I asked her where she went to church at. The next morning I was sitting beside her listening to the most glorious church service and learning how God loves us and forgives us and that we should put our faith in Him and trust Him to lead us. Every Sunday I kept going back to hear more and every Sunday my unborn child kicked with excitement as I listened to the glorious songs that were sang as praise to God.
Over the next several months things weren't always easy. I had a beautiful healthy baby girl but when the DNA test came back my husband left me. He made sure that everyone knew all the details of my past 3 years. All of my neighbors knew by this point and one of them even yelled and cursed at me from the middle of the street. I was still struggling with my baby's father too because I thought that without my husband in the picture then he should be. He wasn't a good person and this was not the right path to go down however that pull to be with him was still strong and hard to avoid. Laura suggested that I see the chruch counselor and over the next few weeks amazing things happened. This counselor acknowledged my feelings and completely understood them. He taught me to see how this man was manipulating me and how to avoid the manipulation. I was finally free from this final stage of my ordeal.
My baby will be 3 years old in 2 months. I've remarried to a wonderful man that has adopted her. He has accepted me as I am and does not hold my past against me in any form or fashion. My ex-husband and I split custody of my oldest daughter and he has remarried as well. We get along nicely. Laura is my best friend now.
My lowest point through all of this was day that I felt that last twig break. It was such a strong feeling. What I didn't realize until much much later was when that twig broke God's hand was there holding me. He held me and comforted me and guided me. He put people in my life that saw past my sins. He saved me and my daughter.
Thank you God for all that you have done in my life. Thank you for never letting go of me and for letting that final twig break in order for me to feel Your hand on me. Amen.
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