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Selena is doing a contest with instagram where her fans share their stories. Some of these are really saddening
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Hi, I'm Jae Stewart. Nearly 17 years ago I was born of a 22 year old man and a 14 year old girl. That's like a senior in college having a baby with an 8th grader. My dad was soon sent to prison and my mom was made an orphan bc her parents disowned her due to her choosing not to abort me. My 14 year old mom struggled to take care of me for 3 years before having another baby, my brother. @jas_.6 Due to the inability to take care of 2 baby boys at the age of 17, my mom released us to the foster system. A few months later we were both adopted by a loving couple with a baby girl. About 18 months later the woman who adopted me, the woman who I grew to know as my mother was killed by Ovarian Cancer. Due to my early childhood struggles I was a depressed teen who despised the thought of a God with his entire soul. Due to my depression I began to cut. It started as once in awhile, then once a week, then once a day, then multiple times a day. I attempted suicide 4 times and gratefully I failed each time. I've dealt with homosexuality for awhile. I've dealt with bullying for quite awhile. I then began to go to this church simply bc I wanted to see this girl and play dodgeball. And as I continued to go, I continued to listen more and more to what the pastor had to say. And it was powerful and interesting. I found that I don't need to worry about how others think or feel about me bc there is a God who loves me and cares for me and does everything He does to help me, not hurt me. So I decided to join that church in their Winter Retreat and at that Retreat I realized I was broken and in need of a savior and I found Jesus Christ as my savior on Jan 25, 2014. Over the past two years I have reinvented myself and have grown to love the Lord. And after a long journey of many more trials I found myself called into Evangelism this past summer. This is my #REVIVALStories what's yours? #Revival
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THIS IS MY REVIVAL STORY: Growing up I was sexually abused by my dad and then at the age of 10 my mom and him left me on a doorstep and never came back. My uncle took me in, and then also started sexually abusing me. I was pulled out of public school, sports, and anything that allowed me to have contact with others. Following my outcry at the age of 15(in which I called the police from my bathroom while sitting in the bathtub and hiding behind the shower curtain) I went into foster care. Throughout the 3 years in care I lived in 1 shelter, and then with 7 different families and attended 4 different high schools. Everyone else had a mom and a dad, and I didn't. My brother didn't believe me about what happened to me and several other people in my family and the church I attended also didn't believe me and left me to fight alone. Thankfully, I survived. Through music artist such as Taylor Swift and faith in God, I graduated from high school and am now in college! Both of my parents were incarcerated and my uncle plead guilty to a lesser included charge and received probation. I will be 20 on October 30th and am proud to say that I am a surviver and a fighter! Even when no one else believed in me, I kept going. I hope one day to be a prosecutor for child abuse and help so many children like me! This is my revival story.
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