I knew this woman who was physically and emotionally abused as a child. She grew up very insecure. She dealt with a fear of rejection and abandonment. She was desperate for love and acceptance from others. She was afraid to speak up because she was afraid of being rejected. She was full of dreams, but she lacked the confidence to pursue them. She wanted to change the world, but she was struggling to change herself. She hid in her own shadow, afraid to truly stand in her purpose. She feared that being herself would cause her loved ones to feel small. She was a wife and a mother, but she knew that she was also called to other things. She had lost herself in the process of being a wife and mother. She had lost her passion for her first love, God.
My dears sisters, that was woman was me! I am the woman who was physically and emotionally abused by a woman whom my parents had entrusted with my care. How did I go from being that woman to the woman who is standing before you today? It is because I experienced a spiritual breakout. A breakout is a violent or forceful break from a restraining condition or situation. A spiritual breakout is when you break out of everything that has been holding you back spiritually.