Lori Hughey
I was born in Spartanburg. I am the oldest of 2 children. My mother took me to church when I was young and I made a profession of faith at the age of six. As a teenager, I never felt I was good enough. I had very low self esteem. I often compensated by trying to please, over achieving and being a perfectionsit. In college, I would party too much and then feel guilty the next day. My life was an emotional roller coaster most of the time.
For Christmas 1992, my sister gave me a Rainbow Bible. On New Year’s Eve, I was alone in my apartment thinking about how messed up my life was and I picked up that Bible. I started to read. Now, I knew that Jesus had died on the cross to save me from my sins. I know that He rose again on the third day so that I could live with Him forever. But for the first time I believed that even though I didn’t deserve that gift, it was mine. Not because of anything I had achieved or done, but because God loved me. My knees hit the floor and I praised God for His love and really accepted His gift.
Since that moment my life has changed. I still made dumb choices, but God is so faithful. When I turned back to Him, He was right there and still loved me. I have had to deal with the consequences of my poor decisions. But the Lord has taught me that when I turn to Him, He is always there and can even take the consequences and turn them into blessings. Now, I am single again with a beautiful son and God loves me ALL the time just as I am. I don’t have to be perfect, I just have to be faithful.
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