By: Toni Crawford

 

I looked in a mirror and what did I see? I saw a face unfamiliar, a face that wasn’t me, you’re smart, beautiful, those are the words family and friends shared with me; those words they were encouraging but not enough for me.

I ran into the arms of lust, mistaking it for love because I was young, immature and naive. My thirst for love and romance like I seen on tv or read from books, was my main focus, that lead me to planting a seed.

I was in a hurry for love, while depriving myself of the things that really mattered in those seasons. God had a bigger plan for me but I was blinded by what I wanted my plans to be.

I knew deep down inside, that I was wrong for dancing to the rhythm of lust but my flesh became addicted, I couldn’t get enough.

I was in too deep; I was infatuated by the different patterns and color sheets.

I thought I would never be set FREE, until one night, I went to a powerful Church service and Jesus got a hold on me.

I got a testimony, I found my identity.

“For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.” Romans 6:6