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My Life #nofilter


I use to hit I use to hate - Myself- I use to cry I use to want I use to wish -to die- I didn't understand -how the people who where suppose to love me left me- I didn't love myself -I didn't see who others saw- I didn't want -happiness- -love- -anyone - But that all changed -the day I gave my life away- -when I gave it back to who first gave it to me- I found my way back to God God helped me find who He created me to be No longer do I -hurt -hate -want to die This is my story on a page -short- -simple- -complete without end- This was- is -my story #nofilter I was -abused (until I was twelve) -in foster care (until I was fifteen) -adopted sophomore year of high school I did (for the longest time) -feel unloved, unwanted, unimportant- -went to counselors, a psychiatrist- -believed something was wrong with me- -was on antidepressants- Then -the summer before my junior year of high school I gave my life back to God- -I joined Church Leadership- God told me, He showed me, the plans He has for me -to help those who feel how I once felt- -to love those who feel they could never be loved- -to shed light in the darkest of places- -to share my story so others can find hope to make it through their hopelessness- My Story My Life In order to do God's work has to be one of/with NO FILTER.
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