Although I was baptized at age 10, I later took a detour and got lost in a lifestyle of sin.  Rebellion and alcohol were my idols.  I didn’t realize that my husband was verbally and emotionally abusive, so I believed him.  I was pushed so far down that I didn’t know who I was or have any opinions of my own.

My daughter saved me from that graveyard.  I wanted the best for her, and my blind eyes suddenly saw that my marriage was a horrible example to her.  I started going to church again, with my daughter then, with my son.  Jesus himself came and lifted me from the deadly pain of divorce.  Later, God blessed me with a kind, awesome, Christian husband.

Sometimes the evil one tries to steal my joy by reminding me of all the hurt I caused others during my 15 years of rebellion.  Sometimes my children’s pain, directly caused by my past mistakes, haunts me.  I am a witness that God is stronger than evil.  His son, Jesus Christ, has made me clean and brought me a gift I never had before – PEACE.

-Michelle Romero Ancheta

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