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Ep 13 :: Deliverance in Christ :: Brittany Simoneau - Pt 2
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Today Megan continues the conversation with Brittany Simoneau. This is the conclusion to her powerful testimony of God's delivering hand. If you haven't first listened to Ep 12, go back and do that before proceeding.
This episode does have some items that may be triggering. Sexual abuse is a major theme along with other mature topics. We discuss the dangers of witchcraft, palm reading, etc. We highlight the darkness in order to bring in the light. To God be the glory in it all!
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00:00:01
Speaker
Hi friends, welcome to Diggin' In. I'm your host, Megan. This is a place where we discuss the things that really matter in life. We cut through the surface to dive deeper. So pull up a chair because here we're Diggin' In.
00:00:17
Speaker
Welcome back. This is part two of my time with sweet Brittany. Last time she really just shared the beginning of her testimony and just growing up and all the things that had happened. Just like I did last week, I want to go ahead and give another trigger warning, if you will, and just a mature audience disclaimer at the beginning of this episode. Not that there's anything explicit that we do share, but we do discuss some more mature topics and some things that are a little bit more difficult, perhaps for littles. to hear. So if you are around some young ones right now, or someone might be listening in that perhaps is not ready for this type of discussion, a good idea to go ahead hit pause and then pick it up later.
00:00:58
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but again, just wanted to let you know, we do talk about sexual abuse. There was ah a history of that in her life. She shared that last episode. I believe she hits a little bit more on that here And again, just God's deliverance in all of that.
00:01:12
Speaker
We do hit on some topics about demonic oppression. um Being believers, we are not capable of being pose possessed by the enemy because we have the seal of the Holy Spirit. Praise God for that. But we do talk about demonic activity on the outside, working to influence. So not pose possession, but oppression. And there is a very clear distinction there. So there are topics like that. We talk about tarot cards and palm reading. So just that you're aware, again, if there are some little ones listening in that maybe aren't ready to understand some of those things and how that does open us up for demonic influence and activity, probably just hit pause and then come back when you're ready. But without further ado, here's part two, the redemption story for Brittany.
00:02:06
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And i walk, I basically am like, okay, she's scared. Um, you know, just felt like that wasn't, that wasn't the help that I needed necessarily either. I felt kind of more, to be honest, like more, so more nervous after I left.
00:02:21
Speaker
Right. Um, there like this woman you're going to for help can't even, you know, is giving you all the signs that she doesn't even know where to begin with you. And then also, by the way, you're a liability. Can you sign this that I'm not going to be held responsible if something happens to you? Thanks for the help. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. yeah Not her fault. Like I sure probably talked to the whole time and she didn't have a moment, you know, um, to, but she did say like, do you want to come back? And I was like,
00:02:48
Speaker
Yeah, i get like I guess I have just enough money to come back next week or something. So I think I was on the schedule to see her the next week. And this is crazy because when I left that office, I literally felt like, okay, there's nothing else.
00:03:03
Speaker
Like, okay. You know, i like I literally felt like I had tried everything in the world. I finally came to the end of myself and I'm driving. You know, probably should not have even been driving, but there are these major problems highways and, and, and around Atlanta and they're like, you know, 70, 75 miles an hour, you know, these highways.
00:03:24
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And I mean, like ah I said, it just so shaky and so emotional, like probably it was not even safe for me to be driving. And I'm just like, I finally cry out to the Lord and I'm like, please like help me. Like, I think that's all I said, but I knew who I was talking to for the first time.
00:03:43
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it felt like, and, um, he answered me like I feel like audibly like I heard there's a bible in your trunk and it was like in that moment right there I knew he was real was like I just talked to him he just talked to me back so I am like I know what I'm about to do I'm gonna go find that bible gonna go read it and so I get to the apartment I was staying in um
00:04:15
Speaker
was really shaky. i used to like have to take like a hot or warm shower just to calm down half the time. And since I had the Bible wanted to read, got in the bath. And, um, that's when the, just this amazing deliverance happened. So, um, a lot of people ask where'd the Bible come from?
00:04:37
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um and i thought later, was like, I probably stole it from a hotel or something. And, um, I do think that he was drawing me weeks and months or I mean my whole life, obviously. Right. But I think I had had had that. And I think I kind of vaguely remember some nights opening it and actually reading it, but not retaining it, not remembering it. But, um, but this day, uh, again, I'm off the drugs. I'm pretty much as sober as can be.
00:05:13
Speaker
for the first time in long time. And, um, so I start reading because it was a Gideon Bible and those are the ones that are normally found in hotels. Right. And, you know, in the very, very front, it's like, here are some Bible verses. If you are in, you know, turmoil, if you need this, if you need that.
00:05:33
Speaker
And I'm like, I'm all of these things. And, um, so I start reading and yeah, I mean, John three 16, You know, Romans 1, 6, you know, for it is the power of God that brings salvation everyone who believes, um you know, reconciliation through through Christ's death and his love and his forgiveness.
00:05:54
Speaker
So, like I said, when he answered me in the car, i knew he was real. yeah I knew he was trying to talk to me. And that's what he saying to me, that i love you, that i forgive you.
00:06:05
Speaker
and hu I would say the two like major things that happened in those moments was it really was the first time that i saw my own sin. Yeah. Like I was like the weight of all those mistakes that I shared with you that I committed, like that's what I was carrying.
00:06:32
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um and yeah, it was, you know, pain from, the past and stuff like that, but it really started to add up that it was my choices. And so being, um, set free and forgiven was the first thing and was enough to make me feel like I could float up to the ceiling.
00:06:57
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Um, and then, so I keep reading and, I realized, I think I, I, when you are in danger, i think was one of the, like when you're in danger, here's what to read. Um, and I think it took me to Ephesians six when it talks about how we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, but principalities and powers of this dark world.
00:07:22
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And I realized that there are like demons present. I like felt that there were two, there was a light and darkness. There was like a battle going on.
00:07:33
Speaker
And I mean, it it's weird to me. Like, it was like, God was here, up here. And I'm like looking, I'm like trying to talk to him and like this. And then the demons were like here on me.
00:07:46
Speaker
And um I like realized that they were there. And I said, I'm like literally talking to him like this. I'm like, I will do whatever you tell me to do. And it was like, babe.
00:07:59
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released me. Like wow they were gone. Um, I could breathe. Um, I, I literally felt released from these powers.
00:08:11
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Um, so amazing. Yeah. So the two things were like my seeing my own sin. So, you know, repenting for my own sin and acknowledging it and then being forgiven and then submitting myself to the one who just saved me.
00:08:28
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um which is like obedience, you know? And I had, I think I've said this before, but like that, that is huge because if you knew me, like I was the most stubborn, rebellious, non-submissive, like I can do it myself. Don't talk kind of person.
00:08:50
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um So me like submitting to the Lord was like, I think what what broke the power of the darkness. I just love that. And something that you've said over and over is like, you kept plummeting, you know, like and ah another plummet, another plummet, another plummet. And then just, I kept getting, as you were saying those things, this, this visual of how, you know, when you're going away from light and you're going into darkness, the darker it gets, the less light that there is. But even if there's just a little light, it extinguishes the darkness. And so then to hear you describe what you just did of you're sitting there in the bathtub, you're reading scripture, and then all of a sudden you have this encounter with the spiritual realm and you're looking at the Lord and you're like, I will do what you want me to do. And there's that
00:09:45
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that battle quite literally. And you're experiencing it real time in the flesh, like in your flesh and you answer to the Lord and immediately the demons flee. James 4, 7, submit to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you.
00:09:58
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Yes, that is, that's right. Absolutely. So I just love that, you know, and then, and then it's like the reverse, you know, I, I, in betrayal ministry, we talk about spirals and, you know, toxic spirals, but then there's also the opposite of that. um And so you were on this like toxic plummet, if you will, downward. And in that instant, it was like, that took some time, that plummet, but in an instant, the Lord rescued you. Yes.
00:10:26
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I just love that. And I was very separated from God. mean, just, we all are right until we're, until we're reconciled.
00:10:38
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Um, but definitely I opened many doors that I did not realize that I was opening. Um, yeah. And so, yeah, I've definitely experienced what I feel like is near hell, um, for, for many, many years in that separation. Um, I was thinking about it yesterday like how when Jesus went to the cross, like what he was agonizing over in the garden was being separated from God.
00:11:09
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And sorry, like having experienced that separation, like that's just what I never, never want again.
00:11:20
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Yeah, absolutely. want to flee from flee from that entirely. Yeah. um Yeah, you struck something that I am, I don't want to say beginning to explore because again, like you and I talked about before we started recording, you just have to be really careful and use a whole lot of discernment when you're going back. And something that I always talk to, especially the women in our betrayal ministry is moving forward. Like in scripture, God only calls us to look back to remember what he has done, not to look back to our pain and our hurt and things of that nature.
00:11:55
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But you talked about opening up doors, you know, and decisions that we've made and on our paths and we've opened the door for, for, for, you know, demonic activity, not to say that you're, you were being possessed, but we absolutely, as pastor Gary says, often, if we have the seal of the Holy spirit, we've accepted Jesus Christ as our savior. are We have the Holy spirit dwelling inside of us. And because he is holy, he is God. He cannot dwell in the same location as Satan.
00:12:25
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And therefore, at that point as a believer, Satan cannot indwell us. He cannot possess us, but he absolutely can oppress us. And so there's that demonic act activity and that demonic oppression on the outside, but cannot work from the inside. So praise God for that. So do you want to um share anything about that, like that those experiences or anything that you could remember from your past? I know for myself recently i'm like As a kid, I found a Ouija board in our house and I did that. And we used to do, um was it called? Light as a feather, stiff as a board. i don't know if you ever did that. you know like Even saying that just made me yeah remembering. But like those I'm thankful for God. i didn't go digging for that. But in the moving forward and looking to continue to be sanctified, there have been things that the Lord will gently bring to the surface that he's like, yeah this is something. You know, this is a door that was open to whatever. so I'm immediately able to repent of that, renounce that and ask for God to heal those places in my heart and close those doors and and eradicate whatever was there and was present. Yeah. I would say for me, uh, it's, I mean, it definitely started, well, I have actually think probably what happened to me as a child.
00:13:51
Speaker
i mean, it, I think, that trauma. I mean, I think that door was opened, you know, when I was a child, not your own doing. Yes. And so then definitely my decisions getting older. I mean, I think drugs are definitely a doorway. yeah um and then, you know, I did know deep down that love was what I needed, but yeah I didn't know it was God's love. Um, and, um,
00:14:23
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So opening yourself up to all kinds of people and um not knowing what they have attached to them.
00:14:34
Speaker
ye um And then, ah yeah, there was a girl that I knew who did tarot cards.
00:14:44
Speaker
And i was like hanging out with her and she's doing tarot cards. Um, so that was not good, obviously. and um, and then I would, yeah, I would just say like all of those, um, probably all of those experiences together and just multiple, you know, so many for so long.
00:15:07
Speaker
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah. And I think that, you know, even just you saying those little things that you did, like there's no need to go any deeper into that. Just like those are some of those things that have become cultural, culturally and societally, like just common practice, normal things as far as like, you know, you drive down the road any to anywhere these days, tarot card reading on the side of the road or palm reading or whatever it may be. And i will say, you know, in in the time in my life as well where I was not following the Lord and didn't know that I would have been opening up the door to demonic activity, I definitely considered it because it was like, i don't know where I'm going in my life, Lord. Like, yeah not even Lord. i say that so casually now. Now that's my default. Like, I'm talking to to God. yeah But back then it was just like, what am I even doing? Like, where am I going? Who am i All those things. And that is one of those things that I definitely was like, I mean, I guess I could do that.
00:16:03
Speaker
As we're talking, I'm remembering when I was in college, there was a gal there and I don't know her background, but I just remember her talking about her mom doing this. And so she was doing it for us, but we did tea leaf reading. Have you ever heard of that?
00:16:16
Speaker
Where you like sit around, you drink like a Turkish tea coffee. And then when you're done, all the grounds go to the bottom of the cup. And she would like turn to the cup upside down. And we sat and we were just talking and whatnot. And then we turn, she would turn each person's cup over and she would read the leaves.
00:16:33
Speaker
reading the tea leaves. And she would like start to, and I remember when she was doing that, I was like, Oh my goodness, this is so cool. What does that mean? did it that And I feel like I went back and journaled it. So who knows if that's even in this house. um But you know, even those things, what'd you say? get rid of it i know girlfriend right behind me in my closet, I've got journals, I've got all kinds of books and things like that. And that is something that I have just been able to recognize, praise God and know like, wow, that was an open door.
00:17:02
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Repent of it. like You're not doomed, like but we have the holies the spirit seal of the Holy Spirit now. yeah We can move forward in victory, right? So anyway, just saying those types of things like, yes, if you're listening to this and you have considered or seen palm reading or tarot card reading or you don't know – Any of those types of things are opening yourself up to the occult, to demonic activity, to witchcraft. And there are some real clear scriptures about that. And, and just to put it simply flee, run the other direction.
00:17:36
Speaker
I'm, you know, i mentioned this throughout, but it's that being satan Satanism or Satan worship is really just worshiping yourself. Um,
00:17:46
Speaker
um And I, and I say that, like, I did not realize that that's what I was basically doing my whole life was like just trying to me make it through the day, and me make my own decisions. And, um, and so that, I mean, even just that is, is an open door in itself because, right you know, uh, believing his lies,
00:18:15
Speaker
and doing things his way, you know, that's just an open door in itself. Um, and then something I was thinking of, I mentioned like the repentance, forgiveness, the weight of sin and then submission. but like instantly because he delivered me and, you know, did all that. I mean, it was really just the power of the cross is enough.
00:18:38
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Like what he did his love displayed. And then, um,
00:18:44
Speaker
the things that built were, like, I instantly trusted him. Like, yeah at his word, anything he said. and I of just read and read and read.
00:18:56
Speaker
and again, i had I had nothing to do, you know? Nothing going on. i was just like, what is what is my new life? And I just read my Bible all day long, like, every day.
00:19:10
Speaker
And my mind was just being renewed. everything I read, i took it like so literally like at face value. um and any little, um, exhortation or anything that I could obey, I instantly became like this insane worshiper, like crying, like just all the time. just, just, I mean, could not believe, um, obviously like my eyes were opened to everything. um
00:19:43
Speaker
you know, he opens the eyes of the blind. Um, and so, ah what, what was easy to see for me was that like, before i saw rules and things as like, ah you know, but I i think like Proverbs 119 is like, open my eyes so I can see the wonderful things in your law. Like,
00:20:09
Speaker
God, God's law is like for our good. And that was what I like understood. Like if, if anything is he's saying anything, um he wants me to do not to do. He is not this like overbearing, like you got to follow all my rules, you know, God like lording over us. Like he is a loving God who made us, loved us, came to our rescue. And and he's literally saying like,
00:20:36
Speaker
Please listen to me. Like I'm a loving parent. Like if you're a parent, you know, you just want your children to trust you. When you say don't touch that, it's because it's going to hurt you. Like it's for your good. And, um you know, and when they don't, when they have to learn the hard way, you know, we love them and forgive them. And that's what he does for us. But just that, that trust, not seeing his, his statutes as just like, you know, rules.
00:21:07
Speaker
Right. Because I was not a rule follower. So yeah that has just made life so different, you know, that, yeah, trust.
00:21:18
Speaker
Yeah. And there's like this desire now, you know, you're talking about when you were sharing, like you're just reading his word, you're devouring his words, you know, like it is, it is your manna, right? Like, and in that moment, especially, you're just like taking it all in And then it, he takes you know, takes that in and of itself. But he took, you know, the the defiance, disobedience, all the things like the rule following, all of that, and he flipped it on his head. And now it's like, Lord, I desire to follow after your word because I know that it's good. yeah i know that it is guardrails for my life. I know that it is actually going to bring me more life and that it is love, you know, like you are
00:21:57
Speaker
You are a loving father and a good, good God. And that's why he gave us some guardrails was to protect us. And then all along, you know, you're seeking to find love and to find safety and security. And like you said, and i can, we, we have a similar sharing in that story, you know, trying to find love in all the wrong places. And ultimately it was a desire and a longing to know our heavenly father and to feel the love of the heavenly father. Absolutely.
00:22:26
Speaker
Yeah. so you went through all this craziness and God rescued you quite literally. and he gave you ah a hunger for his word and just a desire to follow after him. and so what kind of transpired after that?
00:22:43
Speaker
Yeah. So the first things that began happening was, well, that day grabbed a little flippy notepad thing and began to write.
00:22:53
Speaker
And the first things was like, everything that I need to get out of my life. And it was a list of like, just cause that, that was my first true desire was to like, obey, like to just yeah get, like get, okay. I got free from all this. Like, I just want to keep getting free and I just want to yeah keep doing what you're telling me because I saw what happened when I submitted to him. Um, and then I called, I don't know what happened first, but I called, called my sister Katie, who, you know, um,
00:23:23
Speaker
And she was like totally blown away. And she's like, what are to do? Are you gonna come back up here? like um And I did pretty quickly, a couple weeks. She's so sweet. She let me come stay with her. And very amazing after that, just the story that unfolds. But um as I was reading um daily and listening to anything i get my hands on, teachings-wise,
00:23:49
Speaker
one of the first major things I came to was about loving your enemies and praying for your enemies. And like I said, I took everything so literally that I read. i was like, okay, all right, I'm supposed to love my enemies, pray for them.
00:24:04
Speaker
And so I literally just started doing that. I was just, okay, anyone, the people who had hurt me in my past, I guess that's where my mind went. Like, i was like, okay. So I started praying for these people.
00:24:17
Speaker
and within, i think I did that daily for really only like a few days and my heart like started to change toward them. and this was like one of the biggest, I mean, changes. So he, God loved me, forgave me of so much. And I've thought of this before, like, because stooped so low, plummeted so low, made such horrible mistakes.
00:24:48
Speaker
in some ways I think that it, not to say it was easy, but I, I did want to receive forgiveness and give forgiveness. And I knew, and I read in his word that that's how it works, right? Like we receive and we, um, extend. So, but yeah, I truly like the Lord truly changed my heart towards, um, my offenders um,
00:25:18
Speaker
I like started seeing him differently. Just. Yeah. And, um, I moved back home and again, continue to just, you know, pray and have that, have that mindset. And so I was healed of bitterness.
00:25:34
Speaker
Um, and I knew that at some point I would go on and be able to forgive and, and face anything, anyone. yeah Um, so like he filled me with his love.
00:25:47
Speaker
And like I said, I was so, I was so like such a self-centered, like worried about myself and in anxiety and all of that. Um, one of the first major things that changed was obviously my heart bitterness, but I started to like care about other people. Yeah. That was, um, just amazing, you know, like I'm calling people. And another thing that i began to do was, um, call other people that I had hurt people that I had send against and just anyone that the Lord I pray. And if there was someone I could go see in person or contact, I w I was doing that kind of on the regular, there was a lot to, to apologize for. So I was, you know, being forgiven and offering forgiveness.
00:26:34
Speaker
Um, so just continue to heal in that way and came home. Um, and there was definitely a battle, um you know, of the enemy trying to,
00:26:45
Speaker
you know, pull me back and tempt me yeah and stuff like that. And there was definitely some battles there, but like I was definitely on the other side. and I, when I did fall or when I did make a mistake, I experienced what it actually experienced, it what it feels like to be a daughter of a loving father who like still loves you and forgives you and is like, okay, get back up and right you're forgiven and stuff. And I had, like even, even when I made a mistake, I was like so thankful and joyful and like not, I don't know. it wasn't like the end of the world. Um, but it, it was like, okay, now here's what admitting what you've done right away looks like calling sin what it is and then repenting of it like immediately, you know? And so like I had never done my whole life. So just like learning to walk, you know, learning to walk like A baby. Yes. I was just thinking the same picture, you know, and Pastor Gary's used this before and I've heard it and it's just so beautiful. Like when you're teaching your child to walk.
00:27:55
Speaker
They stumble, they fall, and you're not like, how dare you fall down? you know, how dare you make a mistake? How dare you forget how to put one foot in front of the other? No, he doesn't do that. He's like, all sweet daughter, let me stand you back up, you know, just like we are with our kids. So yeah, I love that picture.
00:28:15
Speaker
Okay, so you're on this new journey and you're calling and asking for forgiveness and just really recognizing and seeing, well you know, that's where that that mirror is. Like the the word of God is a mirror to illuminate our own brokenness and not in a shaming way, but in a way um to lead us to repentance and to lead us into sanctification and all of that. So you're on this journey, you've moved back home at this point and you're getting well, I'm sure health wise and all that good stuff. And then at some point, I'm sure there's a longing in your heart because you're a young woman for still finding like, Lord, is there someone special out there that you have for me? So tell us about that part of your story.
00:28:57
Speaker
Yeah. So I was 27 and I came back to Cornerstone and began in the young adults, I think it was the second day I was home was a Monday, I think, and go up there. And I actually meet my, my best friend, um, they're a sweet girl. And we just literally met that night and just talked and talked and talked and shared and shared. And we soon after became roommates. So katie got her basement back and, the Lord just, yeah, he like helped me find a job. and was the first non-waitressing job I ever had basically. And, um, so I'm going to, ah young adults and there was a few months there where there was a couple, couple fellows that were interested and I had to kind of weed through
00:29:55
Speaker
those. Um, and and at first, like at the very, very beginning, I was like, I don't need to be talking to no boys. Um, I really truly like wanted time alone with the Lord. Like I was like, I just began this, like, I really want to dig deep with him. and yeah, absolutely. No distractions. Right. Yeah.
00:30:15
Speaker
And so, and definitely like the couple, like, like I said, people who like popped up, they were definite like no's. And so thankfully the Lord helped me like weed through All that, but yeah, it was, I would say there. Okay. When my husband came along, but that's when it was like, okay. So we meet at at a young adult event and we just basically see each other and we're like, okay. It was kind of just that like, stop, stare, who are you type of thing. And, um, some other, some other people that knew like both of us, they like, apparently like saw it coming. Um, and we, and we didn't until we, we kind of met and it just kind of like, you know, went from there, you know, he would like chat with me before service or something like that.
00:31:05
Speaker
Um, but I still tried to take it slow in the beginning. Like the first time he asked me to hang out, I was like, i don't know, like I'm really enjoying my time with the Lord. Like, um, I think that was like interesting for him. Um, but he, he did a good job of like pursuing me and there definitely was like there was like attraction, like my heart was like, okay, like, you know, I was definite, I i was just so careful, like, Lord, like, because it was, it was pretty, I got saved on August 8th, and I met him at a thing in January, so that's only like four or five months, but our first date wasn't until March, so like,
00:31:46
Speaker
For like two months, i was like, hey, hey, hey, dodging him a little bit. But then when we started dating in March and we had our first date, it was like a 10-hour long first date from you know morning till night, coffee shops, a hike, and we just shared our testimonies. And actually, I think it was our first date when we realized, and I shared with you about those verses from Isaiah. Yes.
00:32:11
Speaker
um We, well, I think I mostly shared. And he mostly listened. But when I shared about Isaiah 42, he like looked at me all wide-eyed and was like, I have Isaiah 61 tattooed on my leg. And it's basically saying the same thing, those two verses kind of side by side.
00:32:29
Speaker
And it talks about how Jesus, he came to give freedom to the captives and to release from the dungeons those who sit in darkness. And like, and and it was basically saying like,
00:32:43
Speaker
Jesus is the one that's going to come and do that. But it when, when the Lord put that verse, like, it was like a calling when i read it, that he was telling me that like, I'm going to, he wanted me to proclaim that that's what he came to do. And that that's what he did for me.
00:32:59
Speaker
Um, and so I was like telling Stephen that, and he was like, he, you know, had Isaiah 61, which essentially says the same thing. So it was pretty like crazy. And, um,
00:33:11
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We dated for only about seven months, got engaged, and two months later got married. It was very – we met and got married within within a year yeah because it was it was very clear to us that it was the Lord. so Praise God. There's so much peace in that, right? And you know the Lord's at work. It's like, all right, this may seem say crazy in the lord in the world's eyes, but the Lord knows what he's doing for sure. and that was how long ago?
00:33:41
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So this December we'll be married eight years. Eight years. And now how many beautiful children do you have? um So total we have five. This this baby is going to be number five. So we have a son, Isaiah, who is six.
00:33:59
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We have Hosanna, our girl. She's five. And then we had a boy who passed away in my tummy at 22 weeks. and He was stillborn and he's with the Lord. um And yeah, we love him. Can't wait to meet him. And then we had our Zoe, the girl. She's three. you just turned three.
00:34:23
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and then we're having our another boy. So we literally went boy, girl, boy, girl, boy. i love it. Yeah. So we got a just full, amazing, joyful,
00:34:35
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house over here. Yes. Yeah. So sweet. And I have so had so many sweet opportunities to just spend time together. You know, our, our, our men are still in Bible study together, which is wonderful. And so we get to go and we've done, you know, different family gatherings, which is always good. And I will just say it has been so encouraging every time I see you with your kids. Um, also Brittany's an incredible sourdough maker as well.
00:35:02
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So that should be known. But I'm always just so encouraged with the way that you love your children. You're just so tender with them. You're so encouraging to them. You speak sweetly and softly to them. And um you build them up with words that I'm like, I'm inspired by. I'm like, you just speak life into them. And genuinely, most of what comes out of your mouth is ah is scripture. You know, like when you're correcting them, if there's a kerfuffle between two of them or You know, if someone gets a ah boo-boo or whatever, it's like, oh, you know, were Jesus is going to heal it right now. you know I mean, she's just so sweet, and I love it. So it's just such an encouragement, and I love seeing that and the way that, I mean, that is beauty from ashes. That is bringing restoration, um you know, and God doing all the good things from the evil that was at the beginning of the story. He's bringing it full circle, and you're now –
00:35:55
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you know, living in newness of life and, and breaking those bonds of generational sin and all of that. yeah And there's a whole nother testimony to go along with all of that. So we'll have to have you back in a couple months and tell us more about that. Yeah.
00:36:14
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Yeah. Like, like you said earlier, I mean, pretty much every day there's a moment where I'm not looking back to look back for anything other I don't even think I do it on purpose I think I'm just like still like cannot believe that I could that he brought me from that to this like it's just I mean it just sends you into just awe worship all of that and um yeah I'm thankful to not be a slave anymore and to be free and to be free to love others and loved by him so
00:36:51
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Amen. ma Well, thank you so much for coming on. Thank you so much for sharing. And it's just so great to see your beautiful smile, especially i love getting to the end of the story, you know, and it's like, this is what God's done. He's delivered and brought newness of life and joy, just everlasting joy. so Thank you all for listening. And if people wanted to get in touch with you, you're a little elusive when it comes to social media.
00:37:19
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Someone did want to get in touch with you and ask any questions or maybe they're struggling with something that you struggled with. um How would they do that? I am totally okay with them reaching out to you. okay Yeah. I'll filter that.
00:37:33
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Yeah. Yeah, totally. That sounds good. All right. Well, like i said, thanks for listening and we'll see you next time. But as always, to God be the glory in it all.
00:37:44
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Thanks so much for listening in, guys. I know that that was a heavy one But again, all glory to the Lord. It's just incredible to me. I love hearing her story and how God has just delivered her from so much. And it truly is a blessing, as I said, to watch her love and parent her children well and to love and honor her husband. She does such an incredible job of that as well. And Just so, so thankful that she is in my orbit and that our husbands are good friends and just really a privilege to know that sweet family. So again, thanks for listening in and we will see you next time. Have a good one.