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shared soon began to replace her pain, peace re-

placed her stress, and he carried her tears on his

mane. Lobo, this giant creature of God, carried her

through allowing her to escape the abusive world

she lived in. Lobo gave her unconditional love. As

she grew up, she wrestled with low self-esteem and

lack of confidence.

This led to looking for love in the wrong places, poor

decisions, and struggles with school, drugs and alco-

hol. The cycle didn’t end here.

At 19 this not so little girl became pregnant, got mar-

ried, and within 4yrs was divorced. Heart broken and

devastated, no stranger to pain; she began search-

ing for someone to love her as she was unable to

love herself.

A year later, she thought she had found that some-

one to love her. Unfortunately instead she found her-

self in an abusive relationship. Now with 3 children

she thought she could cope, however, as the situ-

ation grew worse, she knew she needed to protect

her children like she had protected her brother from

abuse as a young child. But how?

One day, as she was listening to an AMWAY cas-

sette in an effort to change her life. The Lord spoke

to her heart through the teacher on the tape. She

was feeling trapped, lost and hopeless. As the

speaker shared God’s message she felt the Lord

speak these words into her heart: “I am all you need.

Give all the pain, all the fear to Me. You are a beau-

tiful person both inside and out. No matter what you

feel about yourself you are My creation and I love

you no matter what.”

She tried to argue: “I have made so many mistakes,

so many poor decisions. I can’t make anyone hap-

py! I’m a failure at everything!”

He said, “You are not a failure. People have failed

you, but I won’t. You are very lovable and worthy of

love. Forgive yourself and all those that have brought

you pain just as I have forgiven you. Let Me heal

your wounds. Be free from your past. Keep your

eyes focused on Me. I will never leave you. I will

take care of you always. Be faithful. Be obedient. I

will show you how to live life to the fullest no matter

what comes to you. I am your light. I bring you un-

conditional love, peace and mercy. Just trust in Me. I

will bring you joy.” And she did.

Well, if you have not figured it out by now - this little

girl is me. I stand before you today a Redeemed

Healed Child of God. The Lord has given me a won-

derful husband to walk beside me who truly loves

me. He has taken my past life and healed it not only

the emotional and physical pains; but he is healing

my relationship with my mother as well. Out of this

healing the Lord helped me understand uncondition-

al love.

I have shared my tainted past to show that God

brings good out of bad. For Romans 8:28 says, “…

God causes everything to work together for the good

of those who love God and are called according to

his purpose for them.” And He has.

The Lord has brought this truth to fullness in my life.

For several years, God has placed on my heart a

desire to help children of all ages who have felt the

type of pain I went through as a child.

My response to this call was to developed a 501(c)3

non-profit organization called “Living Life Ranch.”

Living Life Ranch’s foundation is built upon the Hope

that God heals Hearts through Hooves.

Through hands on experience the Lord uses horses

to help children understand they are loved uncondi-

tionally and that God’s love will never fail them.

The ranch

is dedicated

to grieving,

underpriv-

ileged and

abused

children of

all ages this

includes:

orphans,

children in

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