Cassandra

I was molested at a young age.

My grandmother knew about it, but still there wasn’t any family support. I tried many times to take my life then started using drugs off and on.

For a long time, I didn’t believe there was a God. For me, one thing that sticks out (and always will) is faith without works cannot be called faith. Dead faith is worse than no faith at all! I walked in the wilderness for so long, but I never knew that walk would lead to this season.

Today, I’m learning to build up my faith in Christ. Putting all my trust in God and learning that the things you go through (good or bad) can be used to glorify God, I’m keeping my mind on the goodness of God and the blessing He has for me.

Being at Owen’s House of the Downtown Rescue Mission was the best thing that could have happened to me. I have learned so much about living water that the Bible talks about in John 7:38. If I wanted to follow Christ, I would have to die to self daily (Luke 9:23). That means my old ways are to die, so I can live. So that is what I am learning to do everyday: Die to self.

The book of Job illustrates that bad things happen to good people. Job was a man that prayed every day for his kids and all. Even though he lost it all, he never lost faith and didn’t turn on God. In the end he got more than he ever had.

I’m blessed to have a relationship with my Savior.

Cassandra, 49