Category: Proverbs

Read Proverbs 1:8-19

I was a rebellious youth who tried to appear “squeaky clean”. Looking back, I was really two different people. I guess that was my way of testing the waters. What path did I want to take? While I was a bit of a wild child doing things I shouldn’t, I was also a youth leader at church whom everyone thought was pretty special. There was conflict inside. Yet, I was pulling off the charade nicely, in both directions. Who was I really?

My parents were always looking out for my best interests. But I somehow felt “controlled,” so it was hard to want to obey. In fact, my mother warned me about a boy I liked. I should have listened. I married him and spent the next 15 years of my life in fear. As an abused woman, I watched my children suffer, and I pled to God over and over to be forgiven and free. If only I had listened to mom.

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