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of trust, people will look at you from the outward, and immediately misjudge the person on the inside. At this point, they immediately start viewing you as an enemy. The door of hatred is opened, and they start detesting you, especially when there are other people motivating them to do so. This is what happened to me. People around me started making false assumptions and predictions. I call them false because no one can claim to know what is inside another person’s heart unless they are illuminated by the Holy Spirit. None of us can predict the future or know what our end will be like. Only God knows our future. When we know this for sure, we cannot count on any other person but God. 12
OUT OF THE SHADOWS, INTO THE <strong>FIRE</strong> In 1992, while I was living with Patrick, I conceived. Any mother reading this can attest to the joy I felt deep within. Becoming a mother is the best experience any woman can have. The knowledge that a life is growing inside you is truly fascinating. However, as it dawned on me that I was carrying a child, fear and uncertainty engulfed me. The news that I was pregnant sparked off a total turn of events. Everything around us started to change. It was time to face reality. For starters, I dropped out of school because I could not keep up with the physical and emotional changes that were happening to me. I missed home. I missed my mother and wished she was with me to help me navigate the unfamiliar terrain of being with child. While I was trying to find my footing, I began to worry about the fate of my relationship with Patrick. I had heard perturbing stories of reckless men who abandoned their women after they conceived. I had the tormenting fear that Patrick would do the same. What a frightening occurrence that would have been. However, Patrick did no such thing. He comforted and loved me and made it clear that he was taking responsibility of his baby. As a matter of fact, after discovering I was going to have his baby, Patrick felt it was time to come out of hiding and take responsibility. As a man, he knew that hiding wouldn’t 13
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my thoughts than your thoughts,”
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Bible says we did not choose Him, b
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of the weight that Jesus had to bea
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towards me, and that He had saved m
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PEACE OF MIND AND THE BUMPY ROAD TO
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Romans 8:6-7 says, “The mind of a
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and that he was the only enemy I ha
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had also been broken a million time
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seen, I decided to surrender to God
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peace. It is indeed something that
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Forgiveness helps us focus on this
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