Imagine a little girl placed in an environment without her biological mother or father, not knowing her identity, alone, isolated, rejected, abandoned, lost, and traumatized. She wasn’t aware of what love was, not feeling loved, confused, and abused. Aside from these feelings, she was abused sexually, domestically, and mentally. She was never hugged as child, mother killed when she was one, never met her biological father, never seemed to fit in, and depressed. She would eventually have eight screws placed in her neck, broken nose, fall 18 feet from a bridge, run over by a car and dragged 100 feet and later on in life having to have brain surgery.
Imagine what society thought about her or the statistics that were placed or spoken in her life. Imagine what the neighbors or teachers thought of her. Imagine what this little girl’s family thought of her. In today’s world, where would society have placed her? Or more personally what about you, what do you feel or think about this little girl? Immediately, our hearts go out to this little girl. We automatically begin to feel sorry, feel empathy or compassion for her. Now image, if she were you. I did!
Never having imagined what this little girl’s purpose was or what she thought about herself, refusing to be a product of her environment, this little girl survived when the odds were stacked against her. She never played the victim role. From the beginning, she understood her plight and what it would mean to break the generational curses placed in her life. She refused to allow society to make choices for her and would eventually delve into higher education. Imagine her then becoming a mother and wife. She even learned to love herself and others. Looking at life as a journey of love instead of pain, she learned that all those negative elements in life, were a part of her purpose! They taught her to be a change agent used by God. What if that little girl were you? It couldn’t have been, because it was…me!
As I became a woman I had to be transformed from a girl behaving badly into the woman of God, who I am today. I believe a lot of us are “broken children in grown up pain.” My story reminds me of five women in the Bible, one who was an orphan and four who were bad girls behaving badly, yet, they were used by God. Have you ever felt as if you were the least likely person God would choose to accomplish His will? I can assure you God uses the insignificant. He loves to use the weak and powerless to make a difference. Let’s consider the story of Esther and examine her qualifications. She came from people who were living in exile, in a foreign land. She didn’t have a higher education or money, and she was an orphan. But God chose her to become queen and saved her people from genocide. God uses whom He pleases to change the world. All He requires is a willing heart and obedience to His Word.
We, too, may not have certain qualifications, but are we allowing our past behaviors keep us from being used by God. Today take a walk into your previous records and see if you are letting some old baggage count you out. If you are a harlot, He can use you. He used Rahab. If you are an outcast, He can use you. He used Ruth. If you are an adulteress, He can use you. He used “the wife of Uriah” (Bathsheba). If you once committed incest with an in-law, He can use you. He used Tamar. What is so profound about some of the traits of these girls is that when you read the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew 4, you find the names of five women, four of whom are listed above had questionable credentials, and the other is Mary, Jesus’ mother.
They became part of Jesus’ family through the sovereign grace and mercy of God! “God…is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). If He used bad girls behaving badly in the Bible do you think He could use us today? I do. I was once an outcast and a bad girl misbehaving, and He is using me.
I am continuing to grow into this woman I am today primarily due to an intimate relationship with God. Also, I have become the woman I am today because I had to heal the little girl inside of me. I am saying this to you, until we, women [and men] deal with our inner issues and heal the little girls and little boys inside of us—it’s difficult to enjoy this journey of love as adults. A lot of men and women today are dealing with depression, rejection, and low-self-esteem because we refused to talk to the little Monica’s and Todrick’s within and ask them what did they imagine they wanted to become? Ask him or her and see what they say?
Repeat these words: “I no longer will be a broken child in grown up pain! I no longer will be a bad girl misbehaving. I will walk in victory because I will make an impact on those in my world. I am a person of influence. I am significant because my Father is the King.”
Much love,
Minister Monica Johnson
Founder OneWordMovement Inc
Email: monica@OneWordMovement.com
Blog: http://onewordmovement.blogspot.com/
1-888-705-7733
Imagine what society thought about her or the statistics that were placed or spoken in her life. Imagine what the neighbors or teachers thought of her. Imagine what this little girl’s family thought of her. In today’s world, where would society have placed her? Or more personally what about you, what do you feel or think about this little girl? Immediately, our hearts go out to this little girl. We automatically begin to feel sorry, feel empathy or compassion for her. Now image, if she were you. I did!
Never having imagined what this little girl’s purpose was or what she thought about herself, refusing to be a product of her environment, this little girl survived when the odds were stacked against her. She never played the victim role. From the beginning, she understood her plight and what it would mean to break the generational curses placed in her life. She refused to allow society to make choices for her and would eventually delve into higher education. Imagine her then becoming a mother and wife. She even learned to love herself and others. Looking at life as a journey of love instead of pain, she learned that all those negative elements in life, were a part of her purpose! They taught her to be a change agent used by God. What if that little girl were you? It couldn’t have been, because it was…me!
As I became a woman I had to be transformed from a girl behaving badly into the woman of God, who I am today. I believe a lot of us are “broken children in grown up pain.” My story reminds me of five women in the Bible, one who was an orphan and four who were bad girls behaving badly, yet, they were used by God. Have you ever felt as if you were the least likely person God would choose to accomplish His will? I can assure you God uses the insignificant. He loves to use the weak and powerless to make a difference. Let’s consider the story of Esther and examine her qualifications. She came from people who were living in exile, in a foreign land. She didn’t have a higher education or money, and she was an orphan. But God chose her to become queen and saved her people from genocide. God uses whom He pleases to change the world. All He requires is a willing heart and obedience to His Word.
We, too, may not have certain qualifications, but are we allowing our past behaviors keep us from being used by God. Today take a walk into your previous records and see if you are letting some old baggage count you out. If you are a harlot, He can use you. He used Rahab. If you are an outcast, He can use you. He used Ruth. If you are an adulteress, He can use you. He used “the wife of Uriah” (Bathsheba). If you once committed incest with an in-law, He can use you. He used Tamar. What is so profound about some of the traits of these girls is that when you read the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew 4, you find the names of five women, four of whom are listed above had questionable credentials, and the other is Mary, Jesus’ mother.
They became part of Jesus’ family through the sovereign grace and mercy of God! “God…is long-suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9). If He used bad girls behaving badly in the Bible do you think He could use us today? I do. I was once an outcast and a bad girl misbehaving, and He is using me.
I am continuing to grow into this woman I am today primarily due to an intimate relationship with God. Also, I have become the woman I am today because I had to heal the little girl inside of me. I am saying this to you, until we, women [and men] deal with our inner issues and heal the little girls and little boys inside of us—it’s difficult to enjoy this journey of love as adults. A lot of men and women today are dealing with depression, rejection, and low-self-esteem because we refused to talk to the little Monica’s and Todrick’s within and ask them what did they imagine they wanted to become? Ask him or her and see what they say?
Repeat these words: “I no longer will be a broken child in grown up pain! I no longer will be a bad girl misbehaving. I will walk in victory because I will make an impact on those in my world. I am a person of influence. I am significant because my Father is the King.”
Much love,
Minister Monica Johnson
Founder OneWordMovement Inc
Email: monica@OneWordMovement.com
Blog: http://onewordmovement.blogspot.com/
1-888-705-7733
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