TESTIMONY OF KIM

         Hello! My name is Kim, formerly known as “Switch” on the streets of Mobile.  Maybe they called me “Switch” because I carried a switchblade or because I changed attitudes at the drop of a hat.  I would cut you with no problem.  Before I came to my senses, I was homeless, on the streets of downtown Mobile for 3 long years.  I was addicted to crack cocaine and Wild Irish Rose whiskey that enabled me to endure the long days and so many sleepless nights.  Nothing I was doing made any sense to me and I saw no way out of the terrible cycle. I was in total bondage to the devil. Invisible chains bound me. I wanted to stop & be normal, but kept falling away, deeper into darkness & perversion.

          The police got tired of seeing me on the streets so they kept me in Metro Jail.  In a period of 12 months they arrested me 15 times.  Bottom line, God had to slow me down before I died in my sins.  So, the last time I was arrested, I was handed a sentence of 6 months in the Metro Jail.  I started reading a Bible there daily and before long I only came out of my cell to eat. The rest of my time was devoted to the Word of God, meditating & reading like never before in my life. I will never forget this preacher from Hollywood who came to speak to us at a chapel service. I thought what is this hunk doing preaching in prisons, but it must have been a divine appointment for me as he was here for the first time & said he did not know when he would come back. He said that in Isaiah 9:4, that “God would break the chains that bind His children & the whip that scourges them.” That immediately ministered to me. I remember his eyes that shot out at you while he preached & soon I felt total peace knowing that God delivered me from those invisible chains that the devil held on me. I felt deep inside me that I can be an over comer as he preached God’s word that kept encouraging me. He did not candy coat his message but told us the truth. He gave us this Arsenal prayer & cautioned us to pray it daily to stand against the wiles of the devil. I still pray it daily. It is all backed up with God’s word.

          After that service, the street mentality started falling away from my personality.  I no longer felt the urge to cuss or fight.  The peace of God was becoming a reality while I was still incarcerated, and with a month and a half left on my sentence, I was blessed with the opportunity to go into a rehab facility.  Having never been to rehab before, I did not know what to expect, but I was excited at the chance. I wanted to be healed & delivered from the snares of the devil. I wanted to be a woman of God.

           Walking through the doors handcuffed and shackled, I felt the presence of the Lord.  Immediately my life changed with darkness becoming light, and despair turning to joy while the hopelessness I’d always felt vanished.  Things were starting to make sense. I was filled with the joy of the Lord. My life totally changed since I was introduced to the Lord Jesus Christ.  He is my Savior who saved me from myself, and the Word of God made that introduction possible.  I would have never “switched” to serving God instead of carrying a knife with me.  I’ll now be using the Bible as my sword, so devil beware!  May God continue to bless and keep you!! I finally realized how much He loves me.