Signs & Wonders in everyday life - God never gave up on me

Your stories of God’s intervention

Hope in the heartache

All my experiences of love had been shaped by a cycle of different forms of abuse. As a young woman I was living constantly in fight-or-flight mode. I always had a desire within me to search for a better life, a way out, but fear gripped my whole being at the thought of what might happen if I dared to try. Then, within the abusive relationship I was still in, God blessed me with a beautiful baby boy and, a few years later, the sweetest baby girl. Surely these babies were my way out, a way forward from the constant dread, numbness and fear I was experiencing. As I navigated motherhood alongside a relationship that demanded everything from me, I lived in fear. I felt compelled to please my partner’s every whim just to keep the atmosphere calm and avoid conflict. This became the pattern of everyday life.