tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post4667802283171843315..comments2023-10-21T07:52:07.859-04:00Comments on Overcoming With God: Diana Flowers' Testimony - Overcoming Abuse With God's HelpCarrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-92181226989622653762012-05-07T22:17:27.501-04:002012-05-07T22:17:27.501-04:00Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedul...Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to read it, SARAH. That's why I love the story of Joseph so much...that that the enemy meant for bad for Joseph, God turned it into good!Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-163221971152473222012-05-07T21:02:33.039-04:002012-05-07T21:02:33.039-04:00Wow, Diana, what a powerful testimony. I love how ...Wow, Diana, what a powerful testimony. I love how God turns our ashes to beauty, and you're living proof of that. Thank you for directing me here so I could read your story.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />SarahSarah Forgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09101753891967001104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-86424198373441307722012-05-06T16:59:59.102-04:002012-05-06T16:59:59.102-04:00Yippee skippee! Congrats, ELYSSA and JUDY!Yippee skippee! Congrats, ELYSSA and JUDY!Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-12079209854579188282012-05-06T15:04:53.567-04:002012-05-06T15:04:53.567-04:00ELYSSA is our weekly WINNER per random.org!!! CON...ELYSSA is our weekly WINNER per random.org!!! CONGRATS, ELYSSA! Will email you, also! Your choice of Kelly's awesome books in pb or ebook!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-21323570789134482212012-05-06T14:56:29.395-04:002012-05-06T14:56:29.395-04:00Random.org number for our bonus giveaway is JUDY! ...Random.org number for our bonus giveaway is JUDY! Congrats, Judy!!! The extra giveaway I did was for the paperback of Kelly's "Sarah's Garden". I already have your address, I believe! <br /><br />Now to do the weekly giveaway!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-42694533201374573072012-05-05T23:45:01.892-04:002012-05-05T23:45:01.892-04:00Yes, we did, and good for you! We are more than co...Yes, we did, and good for you! We are more than conquerors, CARRIE! Praying b4 I hit the hay, that you will have a blessed Lord's day and no flare ups!Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-32562726149442530482012-05-05T22:36:48.862-04:002012-05-05T22:36:48.862-04:00Well he (little "h" for him) has already...Well he (little "h" for him) has already been defeated and he can't stand it! I had a flare up today. But we kept on going, didn't we? Big hugs back!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-15548679588686993462012-05-05T22:18:31.829-04:002012-05-05T22:18:31.829-04:00CARRIE, I do remember and I was just telling my si...CARRIE, I do remember and I was just telling my sis in law about that today. We can't let the enemy hush our mouths or he has won. He isn't as smart as he thinks he is...doesn't he know a woman can never be hushed up when she has something to say she feels is really important. lol! I mean even our husbands know that! I appreciate you, CARRIE, for giving me the opportunity to share my testimony. Today has been a real trying day as far as the dizzy/equilibrium problem, and I do covet my friends' prayers. But, I think we sorta expected that today, of all days. Super big hugs back atcha!Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-91531299461743464802012-05-05T22:04:47.598-04:002012-05-05T22:04:47.598-04:00Diana, I am so grateful you were willing to share ...Diana, I am so grateful you were willing to share despite the enemy coming after you the minute we put this in Blogger for posting. Remember that day? I have been praying for you and am confident that those of His can keep putting up prayers for your healing from the dizziness, too. Big hugs!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-46466045229512719472012-05-05T20:30:16.909-04:002012-05-05T20:30:16.909-04:00JUDY, I am so touched by your words and thank you ...JUDY, I am so touched by your words and thank you for sharing with us. First of all, forgiveness is not a feeling, it is a choice. You make a choice to forgive your abuser with God's forgiveness, not yours. It isn't for the abuser's sake but for yours. You will never forget it, but you will have power over the bitterness and pain that satan wants to build up in each of us. You may even experience hurtful feelings still, that as you said, creep up from time to time, and that is where asking God to renew your mind comes in. He is as I mentioned in my testimony, daily working to transform my mind. After years of abuse especially when it starts right away in our young lives, it sometimes is a process, I'd say most of the time. I'm so sorry this happened to you, and I will be praying for complete deliverence for you in this situation. It sounds to me like you have made a fine start. Love and blessings, dear lady!Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-46505992366432922322012-05-05T20:05:35.740-04:002012-05-05T20:05:35.740-04:00LAURA, thank you so much. I am what I am only by t...LAURA, thank you so much. I am what I am only by the grace of God. I have failed him so many times...aren't you glad He is a God of second, and third, and fourth chances? Laura, if you just touch one child's life, she can turn around and touch more, so you are doing alot even though it may not seem like it. I'm so thankful for you, too, LAURA. You are the best!Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-2069689694793502632012-05-05T19:42:13.179-04:002012-05-05T19:42:13.179-04:00Diana, through my tears I read your wonderful test...Diana, through my tears I read your wonderful testimony. God took a broken girl and gave her hope. That broken girl in turn forgave her abuser, her Father. I know that it was only through God's shed blood that you were able to do this. <br /><br />I need to read your testimony over and over and ask God to release me of past anger toward my grandfather. I, even in my old age, haven't been able to let go of what he did to me. I get confused. If you forgive, does that mean you must forget? I think I have forgiven him but I can't seem to forget it. I don't dwell on it but from time to time the past sneaks into my thoughts.<br /><br />Your post was so encouraging. My prayer is to completely chase those bad thoughts away when they surface. Thank you for sharing. You never know when your words might help a hurting soul!<br /><br />Blessings my Friend!Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662361293867445784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-29336865067558150032012-05-05T19:39:28.311-04:002012-05-05T19:39:28.311-04:00Diana, I'm so, so touched by your honest, powe...Diana, I'm so, so touched by your honest, powerful words and how they point to an all powerful heavenly Father. I had no idea the pain in your past. You are such a gracious, giving, loving person. Love the little girl lost and then found you talk about. Your story offers so much hope for others who suffer. I see so much of this going on in my sons' public school. I just want to wrap my arms around all the hurting kids and take them home but do what I can for a few. And I'm heartened by the woman who cared enough to take you to church. I also am touched by your dad's story and how, like you said, he was so bound yet had so much potential. God bless you. So thankful for you, Diana.Laura Frantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07067252948999879024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-70740431864501326672012-05-05T19:14:46.821-04:002012-05-05T19:14:46.821-04:00God is in control!God is in control!Marian Baayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990486522138340848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-83726193468274669072012-05-05T19:04:59.437-04:002012-05-05T19:04:59.437-04:00oops-earlieroops-earlierDiana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-62391024716785818252012-05-05T19:03:55.320-04:002012-05-05T19:03:55.320-04:00SUSAN, thank you so much, and He certainly did the...SUSAN, thank you so much, and He certainly did the same for you. You are such a kind lady. I could have ended up on the streets with the kind of upbringing I had (it happens to alot of women), but God was so merciful. And a simple little thing like taking a lonely, little girl to church will earn that lady quite a reward, as you mentioned. My father never turned down a person when they offered to take me to church, even though he would hardly let me go anywhere else. I've always pondered that and wondered why, but there had to have been something in my dad's heart towards God, even though he was so bound. I just don't know... Maybe he had had an experience with God in his earlir years.Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-31924368545113444362012-05-05T18:40:26.269-04:002012-05-05T18:40:26.269-04:00Diana, thank you for sharing this. I lived through...Diana, thank you for sharing this. I lived through something very similar and my heart goes out to you. I can look back now and see that God was in my life all the time as He was in yours. Just think of the woman who took you to church -- I so want to be that woman--to recognize a need and be led to share God's healing love with a young person who is hurting. God led her to do that, and it's my prayer that He would use me in whatever way He chooses. So thankful that God molded you through your experiences into such a loving and thoughtful person.Susan Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00922171469364860239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-13563071062606002672012-05-05T17:55:32.302-04:002012-05-05T17:55:32.302-04:00TERESA, thank you for that. You know my heart over...TERESA, thank you for that. You know my heart overflows with love for you. You are such a blessing to so many people. I just want to be a wonderfuller (haha) woman of God, b/c I see my shortcomings every time I read His word. Just want to draw closer to Him.Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-3577063781398275072012-05-05T17:48:08.074-04:002012-05-05T17:48:08.074-04:00OH, I love my sis-in-law so much! Thank you, BARB,...OH, I love my sis-in-law so much! Thank you, BARB, I know how hard that was for you to type all of that, and you have blessed my heart this day! Barbara has macular degeneration, and it means so much to me that she would go to the trouble to comment on here to encourage and bless me! Pray for her, my friends, that the Lord will heal her eyes, and touch her body. She is a wonderful big sis to me!Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-4419804535878746552012-05-05T17:00:54.968-04:002012-05-05T17:00:54.968-04:00Speak it, Sister BARBARA!!! Amen!Speak it, Sister BARBARA!!! Amen!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-11247465999960754562012-05-05T16:03:48.752-04:002012-05-05T16:03:48.752-04:00My Dear Sweet Duana: This is absolutely remarkabl...My Dear Sweet Duana: This is absolutely remarkable!! What a testimony!! Girl I told you that you could be a writer!! There are thousands of women that have gone thyough and are still living in abuse, that would be so relieved to hear tha they are not alone.. We both have suffered a whole lot of things that were not necessary, but Our Heavenly Father who loves us so much chose us, and allowed Satan for a while, to torment us so we would have the testimony, so we could touch other lives and to give them HOPE! IF THERE IS NO TEST THEN THERE WOULD NOT BE A TESTIMONY! SO THANKFUL FOR THIS!!<br />Love you so much,<br />Your sister in Christ! <br />Barbara SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-24995788621224116812012-05-05T15:22:44.328-04:002012-05-05T15:22:44.328-04:00DIANA I am so glad that the Lord had plans for you...DIANA I am so glad that the Lord had plans for you that HE had foreseen before the foundation of the world. He saw a little girl named Diana that with His help would OVERCOME all the things that satan had planned to destroy her life and become a wonderful Woman of GOD. I love you GF!Teresa Mathewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979337973257260777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-30997415740399756392012-05-05T11:29:16.040-04:002012-05-05T11:29:16.040-04:00TERESA, I gave my testimony before the lady's ...TERESA, I gave my testimony before the lady's ministry, but you and your family hadn't started coming to our church yet, so you didn't get an opportunity to hear it.Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-35387102956010017902012-05-05T11:20:27.655-04:002012-05-05T11:20:27.655-04:00AWESOME, CARRIE! I love that. I got some encourage...AWESOME, CARRIE! I love that. I got some encouragement today from one of my sis in laws who came by to see me this morning, and a word for ME from a lady that goes to her church. Not sure if I even know this lady that goes to my s-i-l's church, but we, too, are linked by God!Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-43369380022420916582012-05-05T11:11:18.614-04:002012-05-05T11:11:18.614-04:00Coming over. Overcoming. Linked by God!Coming over. Overcoming. Linked by God!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.com