VOL 26, ISSUE 4. DECEMBER 2015.
Psalm 46:10 God says, “Be still and know that I am
God”.
My name is Miranda and I am thirty-seven years old. I
am a single mother of two amazing boys from Big Stone
Gap, Virginia. I wasn’t raised in church but I did
believe in God. My mom was in and out of my life
growing up and my father was never around. I was put
in the care of my grandmother.
When I was thirteen I was dating a guy who was 18.
One night he forced me to sleep with him.
Right before I graduated high school I got with Greg
Sluss. We were together for one year and then we got
married. During our eleven years of marriage we had
two boys. After my second child was born he decided to
walk off and leave me for a younger woman and drugs.
We got a divorce and I remarried.
I was married to my second husband, Brandon, for four
years. He introduced me to pain pills and I got hooked
on Lortabs and Percocet for the next six years. While I
was on pain pills I lost everything but my kids, whom I
put through a lot. I moved in with my Aunt and Uncle
and started stealing their pills and money. I was also
going to a clinic for pills.
One night I took a lot of pills. I had hit rock bottom. I
stole twenty Lortabs from my aunt and walked out the
door, leaving my kids behind. I had no clue where I was
going. My family found me and asked me to get in their
car. I told them, “No”, because I was going to jump off
the bridge. They talked me into getting into the car. I
remember waking up in a hospital on suicide watch.
After I was discharged, my family helped me get into
Agape Home. I am graduating from Agape Home on
December 6. God is working a miracle in me. He is
showing me the real love I have been looking for all my
life. I want to spend the rest of my life serving God. He
is healing me and restoring my relationships with my
two boys, Gage and Gunner. I will be returning to
Virginia after graduation.
I am so thankful to have another chance at life even
though I don’t deserve it
Jeremiah 29:11
“I say this because I know what I am planning for you,
says the Lord, I have good plans for you not plans to
hurt you, I will give you hope and a good future.”