From my testimony at a sisterhood event:
So God, being God and all, completely shook me to my core. He overwhelmed me with His love. He drew back the covers that were preventing me from seeing myself as I really am, a daughter of God. Unique and carefully handmade to be Anie Emmerick. No one else can be me. He wanted me to stop trying to please everyone else and focus on Him. God spoke to me and told me that He would never leave me, no matter what, and there was no need to be worried anymore. And you know what? My anxiety was replaced with such a deep peace, I couldn’t remember every being this calm before. I still feel like that, because I still feel God with me, and know that He’s here holding my hand every day. I don’t feel like I have to try and be who my friends want me to be, because I realised that God loves me already as I am. And that has set me free. I don’t look in the mirror and hate what I see, because I see myself like God sees me: as His child, beautiful in my own way, precious to Him. And I don’t hate myself anymore, because I know that I am valuable. I’m not the glass half-empty girl anymore, because receiving and returning God’s love has changed my entire mindset. He has made me strong, and His love has allowed me to love others so much more. And the best thing is that as much as I know He loves me, which is beyond comprehension, He loves each one of you equally.
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