I read this passage from the book Warrior Chicks by Holly Wagner, and it definitely inspired me. It shows that you really can overcome anything. Everyone has a story to tell in this world, and sometimes others cross our paths that either make our lives so much harder or change our lives for the better forever. I think when we come in contact with others, we should try our best to be the latter. Treat others with respect instead of using them. It will make a world of a difference in their lives. People are not objects, and when you treat them like they are, it makes a lasting impact. But a woman named Harmony, that Wagner writes about, overcame the way she was treated in her past and used her past in order to inspire others with the help of a girl she met when she was 21. She shows that it’s never too late to change and to use your past experiences to help others going through similar experiences. Use your regrets and past hurts to grow instead of to smother you. Use them to try and keep others from going through it too and to make others feel less alone.
“My friend Harmony…was just three when she was exposed to pornography. When she was five, she was molested by two women. When she was seven, she was molested by an older boy. When she was eight, her drug-addict mother was almost killed by a man who broke into their home and beat her with brass knuckles. When she was 13, her mother’s boyfriend began pursuing her sexually. She started running away from home. The boyfriend moved out and her mom followed him, leaving her alone with her 8-year-old brother for 3 months. When she was 14, she was raped by her ex-boyfriend. More than once. In fact, so many times that she stopped fighting him. As a result of the attacks, she was kicked out of school for having sex on campus. The school staff made an announcement over the PA system, telling everything why she had been kicked out. The rumor around school was that she was having an orgy and filming a porno movie in the auditorium. Her reputation had been formed and followed her all the way to college.
When she was 16, her boyfriend was shot in the head. She tried to cut her wrists. When she was 19, some guy at college told her that she should become a stripper to solve her financial problems. She didn’t want to. She made an appointment with one of her psychology professors to seek advice. She looked up to him and hoped he would tell her not to do it. He said, ‘You might as well do it. It’s not like you have to add it to your resume.’
So she began stripping. While still going to school, she worked as an assistant teacher by day and a stripper by night. She finally ended up quitting her day job. Her psychology professor came to the club and had one of his friends ask her to do a table dance for him. She was finally convinced that all men were sick and perverted.
Her boyfriend got another girl pregnant. The pregnant girl moved in with them.
When she was 20, she started sleeping with women. One of her girlfriends moved in with her, her boyfriend and the boyfriend’s other girlfriend!
When she was 21, she met a girl in ballet class and developed a friendship. This girl invited her to church. She went. She encountered a love that took her breath away, and she pursued a relationship with God. She began to understand her worth and value. She went to recovery classes and Bible studies.
She quit stripping.
When she was 23, she graduated with a B.A. in psychology.
When she was 26, she married a man who adored her, who treated her with the love and dignity any daughter of a King should know.
When she was 27, she started a master’s degree program. And she started a group called Treasures out of Darkness. The group of girls from our church goes into strip clubs, taking gifts to the dancers and demonstrating the love of God. Many of the dancers, upon encountering Harmony and the girls of the Treasures, begin the journey toward understanding their value. Many have left the club life.
Harmony was a victim of so much pain that it breaks my heart.
She survived. Now she is an overcomer. In the very arena in which the enemy tried to destroy her, she is now leading others to freedom. I love that.
Victim. Survivor. Overcomer. Who you were. Who you are. Who you are destined to be.”
For more information on Harmony’s group Treasures out of Darkness visit iamatreasure.com
No matter what your faith or what you believe, wouldn’t you rather be the person that brings people up instead of the one who brings them down?
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