By His Wounds Testimony: Wanda

I was caught in self-harm and felt horrible about it because I was known to everyone as being a "good church girl" and I knew my Bible stories and my theology was pretty solid. Yet, I had a horrible sin even though I was helping youth to overcome their own temptations and that was that secretly I would harm (mostly at night) when no one was around. Eventually I told my accountability partner and she's helped me a lot and supported me through it, but it was my professor who mentioned this one course one day in class (not knowing that I struggled with this) and from that time on I decided it was something I'd like to do. Right now I'm on break from college so it was a perfect time to do something like this since I don't have assignments or tests due. When I started this course I was still holding on to self-harm, but this course taught me to lay down everything from Christ. I learned a lot about Him and His character and how to live a godly life. People began to notice a change in me and since the start of this course I have been walking almost consistently free from self-harm with only a few relapses. I know that it will continue to be a hard road and it won't be easy, but now I know to rely on God and to trust Him and that I need to be supported by a solid group of believers. I'm no longer ashamed of my past, instead I look forward to a bright future and I want to teach others about God and His love and forgiveness to them despite their circumstances.