For 15 years of my life I dealt with a mental illness. I was not only Bi-Polar, but also Boarderline Personality Disorder. Along with individual and group counseling, I took several medications. For years I loathed who I was. I could not look at myself in the mirror without being disgusted with the sight of myself. I was in and out of mental hospitals, but through it all, I knew God could and would heal me! For many years I could not comprehend much; yet I understood that God seen something good within me. So I clung to my faith knowing the healing would come. No one or nothing was going to take that from me! And believe me the devil tried. I put a lot of hard work and effort into my counseling sessions; facing a lot of heart aches others caused, and many troubles I brought on myself. I also battled a few demons, but I never stopped seeking and praising God, or giving him the glory for anything good that happened in my life. Bottom line, God was my main source of survival. I knew he loved and accepted me and would heal me some day. Eventually, ten years later, the day of restoration arrived! About a year later, my counselor and Psychiatrist took me off my medication and told me there was nothing more they could do for me. I have been off medication for over 11 years! Many try to down play the healing work of God by saying maybe I was misdiagnosed. Right before my counselor released me she told me, “Annete I counsel several woman, and there is about five I thought would never ‘Get it’, and have a manageble life; Well, Annette you were in the top three!” When I heard it really impacted what God has done in my life. I knew I was unstable, but once she told me that it only comfirmed how bad others seen me as well. I walked away glorifying God for the miracle in my life, promising to never stop. I always prayed, “God if I could help at least one person, it will all be worth it!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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