Personal Narrative: Life After Divorce

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I have known Christ since I was a little girl. My relationship and my faith in God mainly started growing when my parents divorced. I had turned 10 years old when my dad divorced my mother and roughly a couple of months after the divorce my mother was told by God to stand for her marriage. Ever since that day watching my mother go through this journey of spiritual warfare and still standing for marriage and family restoration actually helped me to believe, have faith, and to just trust in God that no matter what happens he is for us and can do the impossible. Also, since the divorce, my relationship with my earthly father has gone downhill, but I know my father in heaven has always been there for me and will always

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