Hello! Patricia Perri here.
I am so excited about our time we will be spending together. I know we have all been through some difficult things in our lives and sometimes we need the strength that only comes from sharing with others.
I want to give you a bit of background on who I am, and what my story is.
I Have Struggled With Making It Day to Day For Years…
I am sharing my story with you only to show that I have been through and endured many things. Growing up in a single parent home. My father was around until about age six and then he moved away. Shortly, after my father moved away, I had a man in my life that got too close and I had to experience sexual abuse. This continued for way too long although I can’t say exactly how long it was. Luckily during this time I had an aunt and cousin who were always inviting me to attend church with them. Eventually, I got into fourth grade and we were finally old both enough to go to a bible camp. WhIle at this camp I came to accepted Jesus as my savior.
Since I was living in a home that did not include others who were true believers, I knew nothing as to how I was supposed conduct my life now that I was a new believer. So I continued my life as normal and eventually grew up to be a teenager with problems to deal with. I began dating and became sexually active before coming back to God again and learning more than I knew. I learned that God does not want me being sexually active before marriage. This became a source of issue with my relationship but with my young age I was unable to resist the temptation. Eventually the two of us got married and had two beautiful boys within our first five years of marriage. I had a difficult delivery with my firstborn and he spent the first two weeks of his life in NICU. Everything was unsure about him. If he would make it, if he suffered any long-lasting mental problems. The doctors warned us of a possibility of development delays and also that there was I chance that he would have learning disabilities. Luckily, this was not the case for either of my children.
fast forward to the five-year anniversary and my husband decides we are moving hundreds of miles away from our home with his family. This is the beginning of the emotional, mental, economic, and physical abuse. Adultery also sneaks its way into our household. To top it all off, we were living in a lifestyle that is unlike what most must endure. We had no running water, no power aside from some generators, no plumbing, and we lived in the elements of our environment. The only luxuries we did have was the fact that we had a camper to work as a roof over our heads. I home schooled our children but eventually the life was more than I could take so I left to return home to my own family. In the process I lost both of my children to the stability of my ex-husband.
I never dreamed of how my marriage would test my faith and sometimes I am amazed that I still have it intact. As is my tendency, I fell once again into sexual sin with a new boyfriend after my marriage. We had a child and as God always seems to do, He pulled me back to Himself. He always seems to be pursuing my heart. Now I have been learning to be obedient in my life of having a child our of wedlock. Due to some differing beliefs I have still never agreed to get married but I believe that God will enlighten him in a way that we shall be equally yoked and we would be able to grow in our relationship by marriage.
I Am on a Faith Growth Adventure… One That Includes You.
What I desire for you to get from this is a growth in your faith. I believe that I have endured some difficult things and that my story is an encouragement to never give up. I am always messing up but God continues to pursue me and he never stops pursuing you as well. You are loved and treasured as a child of God. No matter how badly you mess up He is always extending forgiveness for those who will confess their wrong doings to him.
Life isn’t easy and neither is our faith. It always seems to be hard work for me but I never quit trying to do better and that is what Is most important.
My Goal is to Encourage You.
Ultimately my goal is to help you stay encouraged and at times give you some advice to develop certain aspects of your daily walk with God in your life. I am still learning every day but after many years of being a follower of Jesus I have learned some things that I look forward to sharing with you.
With God all things are possible. I want you to feel like you can reach out if you ever need prayers or have any questions, feel free to leave them below and I will be more than happy to answer your questions and pray for your situation. You can always just drop me a comment to say hello or update me as well.
Let’s get to growing,
Patricia Perri
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Hello!
Patricia Perri 