This book is meant to paint a picture to my grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, extended families, friends, and loved ones to be attentive to your children.
Abuse--whether verbal, mental, physical, psychological actions or threats, financial, bullying, manipulation, humiliation, injury, or pornographic--is catastrophic and detrimental to one\'s life and future..
I believe in having godly character because character does count.
I believe that God wants us to live and enjoy life abundantly.
I\'m grateful for those of you.
Some are still here to encourage me to persevere all for Christ Jesus and kingdom building.
Some have gone on to be with the Lord.
Through it all, I thank God for introducing me to those who have helped.
So many people have helped me in dire straits throughout my life.
I\'ve been told a lot of things by people who are gone on to be with the Lord.
At that stage of my life, character did not count.
The lifestyle I had before Christ had no character.
When I see it hovering over young males or young females, I am now able to intercede on their behalf.
Through it all, God kept me and God equipped me with a spirit of discernment in this particular area.
I recognize that nothing is more important to me than living a life for God and being an example for Him.
I\'ve been teaching, preaching, singing the gospel for over forty years.
I prayed that he would disappear, and one day he did.
It continued until age fifteen.
All I wanted was to be free and live childhood and a teenage life.
He would always find his way to me.
I just wanted to be left alone.
I hated each episode.
I developed a hatred disposition that was visible.
It seemed like no one could ever see what was going on when he was around.
He would always seek me out after everyone went to bed.
He was an unwelcome visitor that followed me no matter where we moved to.
It was not in the closet nor was it a dream.
This book is meant to paint a picture to my grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, extended families, friends, and loved ones to be attentive to your children