HI, MY NAME IS WHITNEY WHITE AND I’VE BEEN AT MARY’S SONG FOR 6 MONTHS NOW. I COULDN’T LET GO FROM THE PAST BEFORE COMING TO MARY’S SONG. MY HOME WAS WHERE I THOUGHT I BELONGED BUT I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD ALWAYS HURT ME. IT WAS ALL I HAD EVER KNOWN. I THOUGHT I WAS SAFE! I’VE BEEN TO SEVERAL REHABS AND OTHER PROGRAMS STARTING AT A YOUNG AGE. I FOLLOWED THE RULES, DID THE WORK AND PRAYED ALL THE PRAYERS BUT NOTHING EVER CHANGED IN THE LONG RUN. I GREW UP IN CHURCH SO I KNEW THE BIBLE PRETTY WELL. I COULD TELL OTHERS WHAT TO DO, BUT I DIDN’T DO IT MYSELF, THEREFORE I WAS A HYPOCRITE. I BELIEVED THAT I WAS SAVED BUT I WANTED TO REALLY LIVE. I BELIEVED THERE MUST BE MORE.
NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED I ALWAYS ENDED UP FAILING. I TRIED ANYTHING I COULD TO MAKE MYSELF FEEL BETTER. I TRIED EVERY ANTI-DEPRESSANT, WHISKY THAT ALMOST KILLED ME, EVERY DRUG, AND MANY FAILED RELATIONSHIPS (IF YOU WANT TO CALL THEM THAT). AFTER EVERY RELATIONSHIP MY LIFE SEEMED TO GET WORSE AND WORSE. AFTER ALL OF THIS I WAS STILL LEFT WITH NO RELIEF. I JUST WANTED TO BE FREE.
I DECIDED TO COME BACK TO MARY’S SONG AND GOD HAS REMOVED THE SCALES FROM MY EYES. I WAS ABLE TO GIVE HIM MY WHOLE HEART, WHICH IS ALL HE HAS EVER WANTED FROM ME ANYWAY. IT’S SO SCARY HOW BLIND AND HARD MY HEART WAS BEFORE MARY’S SONG. I’M THANKFUL THAT BY HIS GREAT MERCY I WAS ALLOWED TO KEEP GOING AROUND THAT MOUNTAIN UNTIL I REALIZED THAT I WAS THE PROBLEM. I QUIT BLAMING ALL THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME, THE THINGS PEOPLE HAD DONE TO ME, AND THEN I SAW IT… JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. AMAZING GRACE HOW SWEET THE SOUND THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME, I ONCE WAS LOST BUT NOW I AM FOUND, I ONCE WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE!
