I know what I am telling you in
this message is true because God has brought me through
many, many, many
storms. Here is just one storm
God delivered me out of:
I was in a very abusive marriage; I had married this guy in
a backslidden state and disobeyed
God - I knew I was not
supposed to marry
him. I knew it because
I felt an unction
in my “gut” (spirit) and
I had that feeling the whole while
I was married to him; it did
not leave until God moved
him out of my life forever.
I had been through all
forms of abuse with this guy
(physical, emotional, psychological, verbal, you name it)
for
over three and a
half years when I pasted out and
almost died from drinking too much alcohol; this
was the second time this
had happen – the first time
I actually died and God brought me back
to life and gave
me
a chance to accept
Christ – this is another testimony of God’s goodness all in itself. The second time God
revived me was in April 2004 and I
decided to rededicate my life
back to Him. Immediately
God stepped in and begin to give me my
escape route out of
that abusive marriage. But it was not until I
rededicated my life back to Him
did He intervene on my behalf. Finally, God, Himself,
moved the guy completely
out
of my life. God spoke to me the last time the guy hurt me and said, “Enough
is enough;” after that, the guy was gone.
Praise God! I owe Him all the glory for what I am
and what I am going to be. Otherwise,
I would have been dead long ago.
You can read my
testimony in my book, “Unholy Matrimony: Healing For The Abused Woman” which God
instructed me to write
after I rededicated my life back
to Him; the
book took three years and
a half years to complete and
get published.
My
instruction from God
was
to “heal His women”
and that is
how/why The Lula McGradyFoundation, Inc. and Abused Woman Ministries, Inc. was
birthed.
I am telling you,
trust God in your
storms, and He will ALWAYS sustain you in
the way He knows is best for
YOU! Don’t look at no one
and compare
your storm with theirs; God deals with
and brings everybody out differently!!
Keep your focus on Him and ask Him for directions
and the peace that Jesus
left you in John 14:27, the
peace that God will use
to guard your heart and mind once you
do
not be anxious about nothing
but go to Him with everything (Phil
4: 6-7).
God Bless!
Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks
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