I was that girl, you know, the one with the teenage pregnancy. But I was carrying more than just an unexpected life; I was carrying the weight of the shame of my sin. Even amid my circumstances, the Lord met me where I was, and my life since November 19th, 2022 has never been the same.
Growing up in the church, I learned how to talk the talk and walk the walk. I knew what Jesus had done for me, I knew all the right answers, and I knew how to avoid the obvious pitfalls — at least where others could see. But behind closed doors, my private life didn’t reflect the values I so badly wanted everyone to believe I lived by.
I knew from an early age that I had been given the gift of athleticism, so my dream was to be a college athlete. As a 19-year-old, that dream became reality, and I was offered a basketball scholarship. At that time in my life, I thought I had finally made it. Everything “I” wanted, I had. I walked into college as a freshman, blissfully ignorant of my sin. So, from the first day of school, I was surrounded by temptation.