01/27/2023
You can do it!! Start your new chapter in life today
My name is Joanna and I am from Cumberland, Ky. My addiction truly started at the age of 26 after being diagnosed with lupus. Before that I had only dabbled with alcohol and ma*****na when I was younger. I was introduced to OxyContin and from that moment on, I was in love. In the beginning I was able to keep it together, but eventually I convinced my husband to try it with me.
We were functioning addicts for many years until the day came that we tried the needle. Our lives began to unravel quickly until finally our drug use took a toll on our marriage and we separated. We struggled apart for the next 3 to 4 yrs then my husband went into Isaiah House. It was there that he gave his heart to Jesus Christ!
He began to pray for me and asked the Lord to give him 6 months so that in that time I would see such a change in him, that I would want that for myself as well.
Let me tell you that the Lord hears the details in our prayers because 6 months to the day that he began to pray that prayer, my husband dropped me off at a Christ centered rehab and I began my walk with the Lord after 14 years of addiction.
You see, He began to work in me and my husband separately, then He started restoring our marriage. What the enemy meant to destroy, the Lord turned it all around to bring Him glory!!
Today my life looks very different than it did 11 yrs ago. I am a woman of God, wife, mother of 3 wonderful children and a grandmother of 7 beautiful babies and 1 more on the way! My husband and I work for Isaiah House and we serve the Lord with our whole hearts. Because of Christ in us, we can serve others and bring them the good news of the gospel!!
Don’t let the enemy lie to you and tell you that you are not worth it because that’s what he wants you to believe. He doesn’t want you to truly believe that Jesus Christ died on Calvary just for YOU and that he loves you with an everlasting love! My husband and I are living proof that He can set the captive free and I will serve Him until my last breath!
May God bless you!