The Story of Mary

This is a story about a little girl (I’ll call her Mary) who's life was against the odds from almost the beginning. Her parents were an older couple who already had four children three of whom were grown with families of there own. Mary was a real surprise to every one. Her Mother loved her very much as did her Father. Life was normal, until her Mother became ill. Two days after her 5th birthday her mother went to be with the Lord. After that, Mary lived out of a suitcase, going from Aunt to Aunt, & living with her brother and his family. She would talk to her Mommy all the time & tell her secrets. Until one night someone over heard her, and started calling her crazy. So she stopped talking to her Mother. But she never stopped thinking of her, and asking Jesus to take care of her. You see at age 5 she wanted so desperately to go live with her Mommy. Her Daddy tried to be there when he could; she was torn between staying with her Daddy or living with her Mother.
At the age of 7, her Father remarried a long time friend of the family. Mary could live at home now and be with her Daddy. Now she wasn't allowed to talk about her Mother anymore. Her stepmother would tell her things like; her Dad blamed her for her mother’s death. She was never even wanted. She would be slapped for making a mistake on the piano, in front of her friends. I could go on but I think you get the picture. At the age of 12, her stepmother passed away.
Mary is now free from her clutches.
Her Father was getting up there in age, Mary is always plagued with the fear that he will be taken away from her too, and she will be left alone. She started smoking at the age of 13.
Mary goes to church with her sister-in-law and her children. Mary goes to the alter, excepts Jesus into her heart, no one Teaches her what to do or anything, she runs away from God. She gets her car and license at 16 and now is never home. She wants to put distance between her and her Father, so it doesn't hurt so bad when he dies. She just could not take that. Before her 17th year, she is raped by a friend of her brothers. Now to make matters Worse, she doesn’t care if she lives or dies.
Mary starts drinking and doing drugs. She also has a weight problem and is always made fun of, thought taking 12 to 13 diet pills a day would help make her feel better about herself. She lost weight, but it didn’t make her feel better. She meets a man and at 19 is married with a baby on the way. Her baby is born, and she loves him with every fiber of her being. She was invited to church by an Aunt and started going, and gave her heart to Christ and this time she had people to help her along the way. She found out she was expecting again. This was different. Something was still missing, but what?
She wasn't sure she should have this second baby, (the thought of getting rid of it was never even a thought.) She didn't have the love to give to more then one (or so she thought). She couldn't love this baby the way she loved her first. She was scared.
At 4to 5 months along, she went for her check up and the Dr was worried. So he sent her for a test. She was really scared, went home, called the prayer chain then set down and prayed. She wanted this baby. She would have given her life in it's place. She told God she would bring her children up to know him. Teach them of his love and mercy. She would give this child to him. She went for the test, and was shown the baby's heart beating. She started praising God right there.
Mary loved Jesus and her children, but her husband beat the love she had for him out of her. Her Dad goes to be with God when she was 24 the pain is too much to handle. She leaves her husband with in a year.
Even though she left to protect her children and her self, she felt guilty. She stopped going to church, felt guilty for it. She stopped praising God and felt guilty for that too. You see she had failed, as a wife, was failing as a Mother, and as a Christian. The pain was too much to bear.
Mary was in and out of bad relationships, she was looking for the love she thought she never had. She tries one last time to get the love, companionship she has been searching for, only to be rejected again. On a lonely Thanksgiving night, she overdoses on pills and booze.
That is the very beginning of a whole new life for her. She learns that Jesus loves her no matter what she has done; her family in Christ loves her no matter what she has done. The peace that passes all understanding, it is the greatest of all. She can't say it enough how great God is, how good He is. After years of agony, grief, failure she has given her heart and life back to the Lord. She and her former husband are friends now. Her youngest son is still her baby but only when no one is around to hear. Her and her first son now live together sharing a place, and are closer then ever. The pain is gone, and the peace that can only come from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ has replaced that pain she gave it all to Jesus. The memory is there, to help others and as a testimony.
Only through the redeeming love and mercy of Jesus Christ our King can we survive tragedy. Mary lost a great deal, but what she gained was so much more. She loves and praises God with every thing she has, and not even a lung disease will keep her from doing that now.
God is healing her of so much, now. Praise the Lord.
Give up everything to Jesus; He will carry you when you don't think you can go on.
Ecclesiastes 3:1and4 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven........ a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
Mary mourned for over 35 years now it's her time to dance.