I am so grateful that this young woman decided to share her story. How important it is for us to try and understand and be more compassionate about the trials other are going through.

Not even 1 year ago, this womans husband of 16 years took his life, after battling severe depression for many years. They tried so many things to help him, but they still lost their Husband and Father.

Together, they have 4 young children who have struggled with this loss.

She would like the world to know that depression is not only real, but it can be crippling and even deadly.

It is so hard to understand the pain, hurt, sorrow, and burden of someone else until we can truly wear and walk in their shoes, and only one man has ever really done that.

In the middle of our hard times, I think it is so easy to forget that He faced our battles before we ever did. It’s so easy to forget that he knows how to heal us and, if we put our faith in him, he can lift us off our feet and carry us over our hardest paths.

If we can save even one person by reminding them of Christ’s love and atoneing sacrifice, then that will be all we could ever ask for.

Please share her story. You never know whose life you may change or even save.

This young woman just inspires me. She is beautiful inside and out.

However, she didn’t always see the beauty in herself. From a very young age, she began to doubt her self worth – measuring it to her outer beauty. She then began to struggle with eating disorders. After many years of being in and out of hospitals, working with therapists, struggling to find that inner beauty and finally, thinking about taking her own life to escape the pain, she turned to God and Jesus Christ and was able to make a mighty change in her life.

Please watch her story here. We truly believe it is so important for children, teens and adults to know who they are, where they come from, what they are worth, and where their beauty truly does come from. Like always, we would love for you to share. So many of us have felt Christ’s love firsthand in the intimate details of our lives, and we hope to, if someone is out there searching for the same hope and love, to help share our experiences with them. Thanks for being a part of our project.