Potholes and Black Holes: Wretched Woman That I Am, Who Will Set Me Free?

This is the story about a woman who believed she was not pretty enough, not educated enough, and not lovable enough to be counted worthy to experience the good things that life might have to offer her. Robotically, she accepts her circumstances of poverty, rejection, and disappointments. Despite that, God said to her one day, "I want you." Her story will help guide others through a maze of spiritual potholes and black holes faced by many on their journey to find their destination in God. She took many wrong turns and lost her way--sometimes being completely derailed for a season. She faced a spiritual black hole when she found herself in a very serious cult, fleeing from it in the middle of the night. She lived in a home that was infested with demonic entities. Fear was everywhere. Unaware of the power of the Word, her journey to Father's house was long and arduous. She heard the gospel for the first time at age twenty-one. A young man told her about Jesus and how he redeems the lost and makes a way to heaven for anyone who is willing to follow him. After hearing his testimony, the family found themselves sitting in the back row of a small church. You would think this was the beginning of a beautiful journey, but you would be wrong. It could have been beautiful if she had not taken so many wrong turns. The first pothole she hits was called "works." She accepted Christ as her Savior, but she became a Christian in name only. She gave mental assent to the truth, but she did not have an intimate relationship with Jesus. She became the quintessential church lady: doing all those things outwardly required in a church setting with the hopes of gaining reward points with God. It took years for her to come into an intimate relationship with Christ and to realize religious works do not gain us entrance into heaven--only the blood of Jesus can do that. Finally, the crooked path before her becomes straight, and God gives her hind's feet in high places. He removes the scales of religion from her eyes, and she arrives home at her Father's house.