I now realize why I was drawn to the church doyle bought and owns.
I was really young- 19 and a brand new christian. brian, my boyfriend at the time, had been going for a short time and invited me. I was vulnerable. basicly naive, had low-self esteem, and had come from a family with some dysfuction and i hadn’t dealt with those issues. I was not raised in a christian home and didn’t have any prior knowledge of the bible and who Jesus really was.brian and I left because we found out about his affair with lisa staton. doyle denied he was having an affair with her but i saw lisa kiss him when they were meeting at the civic center after their “prayer session” aka booty call at lake lavon. doyle tried to twist (lie)about everything but I knew what i saw. at first, I was afraid. I knew the truth but it took some time for it to sink in.Doyle threatend to call CPS on me if I didn’t shut up. I loved my kids and the very thought of him even getting them involved made me shut my mouth.This has been a difficult thing to deal with,spiritual rape is what i call it. After wandering in the darkness of WOL and then wandering in the wilderness after we left, it is truely the mercy and grace of God that I am where I am today.
I can’t begin to explain how thankful I am and feel. I am healing and know that Jesus is Lord. My faith in him grow’s EVERYDAY. i surely haven’t arrived but Jesus is now real to me,peace comes with knowing him.
I have several burdens but we are dealing with them and Jesus is in my life.I don’t know how I would deal with it without Jesus and my friends. Lynn and Robert, Rose and Alan, Isabell, Steve and Bobbie and others in my life who are real christians are the MOST AMAZING people. The bible says it rains on the just and the unjust….so just because we have “rain” (issues) to deal with doesn’t mean we are in unbelief, or not following God. doyle taught that if life wasn’t perfect you were in unbelief and you had many many demons that needed to come out. I think Jesus wants us to believe on him when the rain comes.
Lisah
