The relatives were hurt and very disappointed as what they have hoped for did not happen. Now she was stuck with her step father. An old man who did not appreciate her even when her mother was still alive. He used to say things to get her angry so she can move out of the house. Was that going to stop since she needed comfort now more than ever? We do not know! Only time would tell.Later things worsened and she only realised that her step father's stay there was not to play daddy to her but to actually kick her out of her mother's house since it was now hers. She was abused more than before. Her relationship with God grew strength and she was able to resist all that was happening around her.
She would go to school weeping, with an empty stomach, with the trauma of the terror that was happening at home. She would not even concentrate. All she did was shed tears. Still, her faith was compelling her to be more close to God and to do God's will, though it was tough to do so.
“ I remember the prayer I once made when I was about to leave my house going to stay with another member of the church: 'God, make me please you in all the decisions I make. Be it to leave my house or to stay in suffering.' All I wanted was to please the Lord Jesus.” She said. She was brave. She was even at the verge of leaving her house.
She did not leave but faced all the challenges with God by her side. The step father left the house and now she was left alone in the house. That was after 2 months after her mother's death. (still in pain). Peace came to her heart but a great struggle she was about to face. Having to be fully independent.
That's when her insecurities began to sprout and become flowers. How is she going to get food to eat? What about clothes to wear and school expenses?
To be continued...
