This blog is all about the healing power of Jesus Christ. I am a 28 year old woman and I have spent most of my life suffering from several different mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and DID. The diagnoses and labels aren’t important. What is important is that I have seen how God has brought healing into the most painful parts of my life and the most wounded parts of my heart. I am not 100% healed and I know that I am on a journey that wont be over until the day I leave this earth behind, but while I am on this earth I want to share my journey with others and offer hope to those who share in similar struggles. If your heart is hurting and you are looking for a way to believe that things can get better, please share in my story of hope and allow me to share in your journey. I would love to pray for you and just enjoy hearing about the journey He has you on.
To learn more about me please read the page titled My Testimony and feel free to read any and all of the posts. There is a page where people can submit prayer requests and praise reports, a page where people can share their favorite verses, a page where anyone can share insights they want to share, and a page where people can list references for good Christian counselors and other experts that may be of help to people on this site. The posts are pretty much just updates on what is going on in my life and what God is showing me. I hope that by opening up and sharing my life and my journey with others, people will see that they are not alone in their pain and that it is ok to struggle as long as you keep your eyes on Christ and know that He can and will provide healing. There is hope. Look around, use the grooveshark sidebar to enjoy some music while you’re here, and feel free to let me know what you think, any suggestions you may have, and/or any way I can help you. God bless.
Hey Joann finally figured out how to get on your blog Its awsome! Great job
Thanks
Hi Melissa, my name is Char. Thank you so much for sharing your heart and your circumstances. I am so sorry you are facing all this.
One thing I was so glad to hear you say is that you don't accept these conditions! You and your son do not deserve to be treated like this and I am so glad that you DON'T accept these conditions. You are the only one that can stand up for yourself and your baby, and you are worth so much more!
Continue to stay pressed in to God! He promises to give an extra portion of Himself to those who are hurting. He is right there for you and WILL give you wisdom and direction as you seek Him. Be open to how He leads. It may not look like you want it to look, and it may not be in your timing, but trust HIS timing. He is always right on time.
Hi my name is Melissa. I accepted christ since i was little but never really was a believer until now. I`m struggiling so much in life and need help, adivce, prayer, encourage and hope. Let me say something that im really going through right now. I`m only 17 years old and 9 months pregnant. Im living with my babys father who i was with ever since i was in middle school. He is only 20. As we moved in together and going on with the pregnancy everything was so perfect. We were both working, having our own place, treated eachother so good, excited to be parents, and happy with life. All of a sudden things started to go bad.
Our landlower is kicking us out and now we are living our last month rent and going to split from there. Its really serious now. What do I do? I have faith that the Lord will change him and restore my family, but it seems like everything keeps going downhill from here. Im 9 months and my son will be born in a few weeks and im scared what this is going to lead to. I just want my babys father to change back to how he was, he accepted God before and liked going to church. Now he is a completely different person. Please talk to me
Melissa, I am so sorry for everything that you are going through and I am praying for you. You may be young and your situation may not be perfect but congratulations on the baby you are about to bring into this world. That baby is a blessing and it sounds like you will be a mom who will love and care for your baby no matter what and that is what is most important right now. I am not too sure what to say about your baby's father. I have heard of God restoring broken relationships and I have also heard of times when that does not happen. Continue to seek Him and His will for you and to take comfort in His word. Like I said, I am praying for you and will continue to do so. I have also asked a friend to take a look at what you have written because I know she often has good insight, advice, and encouragement. God bless you and your baby Melissa.
You mentioned that it seems things get worse the more you pray. I would say that is a good indication that God is working and the Enemy is fighting! You have probably heard that sometimes things have to get worse before they get better. I have experienced that in my own life at times and I know it is so hard. Hang in there and don't quit praying. Even if you don't see it, God IS working!! Your circumstances may not look any different, possibly look even worse, but God is working in the supernatural and all you have to do is believe. Thank God throughout the day that He IS working, even if you can't see it.
Thank Him for your circumstances and that He is in the midst of it all working it out for His good. Thank Him that you are not alone and that the battle is His, not yours. Position yourself, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. (2 Chronicles 20:17)
I would recommend you read 2 Chronicles 20:1-30. It is the story of Jehosphaphat. He was faced with a battle that he could not win….he went to the Lord, admitting he was powerless and did not know what to do. He then choose to keep his eyes on Jesus, letting Him fight the battle, and he and his people began to praise and thank God in the midst of it all. He then experienced a miraculous victory!
I am praying for you. Your are in the midst of a very hard battle, but you are NOT alone!
He left me and my unborn son all alone. I dont know what to do and im so depressed and dont accept these conditions. Right away instead of going to friends for advice or playing the same game he did, I went straight to church. All i do is pray and read the word asking God to help me get through this and restore my family. I dont want my son being raised in a broken family like I was. Now is when im really seaking God and the only time when im not crying and depressed is when im learning his word. Im trying to pray for my babys father that he changes, that God can touch his heart and that he can be a great father and future husband to me. I dont know what to do anymore. Everytime i pray more things seem to get worse.
Fights started occuring and led to needing space between one another. When i became 6 months pregnant my babys father completely changed, he wanted nothing to do with me and stated that he didnt love me anymore and that he isnt happy with me anymore. He says all he wants to do is be a father and will pay child support but that he doesnt want anything to do with me. Now still living together he is never home. He goes out and drinks with his friends, and now is talking to a new girl who he really likes and forgot all about me. Some nights he doesnt even come home and if he does it is to shower and leave.
So proud of You JoAnn. Its wonderful to see you allow the Lord to use your struggles to bless and encourage others. Keep it up!!
Thank you so much Reza! I am so glad you checked out the blog and so thankful for your encouragement
Nice site! You will have to show me how to create my own…
How does one become a member of this blog?
I am so glad you asked
On the right hand side of the main page you should see a blue button that says "Join This Site". Click on that and follow the directions and you should be good to go as a member of this site 
I am new to this site and I appreciate it and everyones story. I am a 55 year old woman who has endured a lifetime of different obstacles. Some of these include domestic abuse between my parents, alcohol abuse by parent, suicide by parent, suicide by sibling, drug abuse by sibling, financial woes, spouse infidelity and divorce, and the list can go on. On the positive side, I have a wonderful daughter that is the mother of a wonderful 6 year old daughter. My son in law passed away in 2006 and in some ways it brought my daughter and I closer, but in some ways it caused distance. To the "naked eye" I am a very complete, confident person.
I want so much to give my life over to God and let him lead me in the way that he feels I need to go. I am so lost everyday and I have to make a conscience effort pray to ask Him for stregnth.
I know I am unloading a lot of my life and I hope anyone who reads this will forgive me. Now to my next obstacle. I recently (February this year) have reconnected with an old friend from my high school. He is a widower of only 10 months. He was happily married to his wife for 36 years. She died after a 3 year battle with cancer. We began our talks on the phone mostly me talking to him and lifing his spirits. Just making him laugh with stories of things about my granddaughter mostly. He decided to visit the beginning of April. We had a great time but as our visit was ending, I felt the need to tell him that really cared for him.
I am so glad you found this site and so grateful that you wrote in. I am praying for you right now and will continue to do so and will look forward to others on the site praying for you as well. If you don't mind, I may copy your post and put it in a couple of places on the site where those who are looking for prayer requests to pray for might immediately look. I started this site in the hopes that people seeking God in the midst of difficult times would find it and draw strength from knowing they are not alone. I don't have answers to give you, but I can tell you that you are not alone, and that I know things can get better and the fight won't always seem so difficult. He came to give you abundant life and no matter what you have been through (and it sounds like it has been a lot), He wants you to be able to fully enjoy that abundant life. I don't know where you live or what kind of help you are currently seeking, but I would encourage you to look at the references page of the site (there are only a few Colorado ones listed right now unfortunately), and to continue to reach out and share your story and allow others to pray for you and walk your journey with you. Continue seeking Him and know that He is leading you even if you can't see it right now. He is with you right in this moment and in every moment when you feel weak and alone and He is holding you and loving you and telling you that it's going to be ok and that you don't have to be afraid or worn out or discouraged. Rest in Him and know that He loves you. I hope you'll write in again and please let me know if there is ever anything I can do for you.
Thanks so much for sharing Joann!
Thanks so much for reading
like this page, its very positive, time to go back to God's work, thanks for reminding me,
I am so glad you like it
Daniel 1963 Says: __Hello! I heard of this site on Crosswalk.com . I am known as Knight-4-Right over there. I am glad to see I found a site run by a Believer 4 Believers. We as christians need to pray for eachother. Being united by GOD and hiz wrd iz a gud thing! As my username implies, i was born in 1963…God LUVS aging ROCK STARS too! But seriously if you need me to stand with you in prayer, I'm here 4 you. Daniel1963
Hi Daniel! I am so glad you found this site! Please feel free to look around and post anything you'd like. If there is ever anything I can pray for you about or any questions I can try to answer for you, please let me know. I'm excited to have another believer and prayer warrior here