Keizha Valencia recounted her story of how her life spiraled out of control after the men she knew took her innocence. On CCF Women2Women Ministry’s YouTube page, she shared the power of God’s forgiveness.
Her Story
When Keizha attended her first college party in 2013, a family member kissed her against her will. Shortly after, at another party, her best guy friend violated and eventually assaulted her. This incident wasn’t the first time a relative had molested her.
“I remember I would quickly pray to God, ‘Lord, I don’t understand why this is happening to me. I won’t get angry at You, I just ask that you deliver me from this.’ And every time I would pray, God would quickly put me back to sleep and I would just pretend that it was all a bad dream,” Keizha recalled.
She kept it a secret since those who took advantage of her were among the closest to her. But then it happened again.
Because Of The Men Who Took Her Innocence
“I continued to get drunk and attended parties until 2016 when I was sexually assaulted for the fourth time. It was then that I started to ask myself, ‘Is this really all I’m worth?’ I thought if my body was all that people valued about me, then I would embrace it,” Keizha painfully recalled.
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She began drinking and using drugs. Keizha even got her good-natured friends to join her in her sinful behavior. She ran away from home and entered into a toxic relationship. The more she sinned, the more depressed she became, using it as a cry for help and attention. One day, she overdosed and attempted suicide. Keizha’s family found her in time, and she was admitted to the hospital.
“At the time my parents didn’t understand why their one sweet girl suddenly changed,” she said.
Forgiving The Men Who Took Her Innocence
One day, she was walking by a church and heard someone telling her to go inside and pray. On that day, she cried out to God for hours, wailing in pain. Over time, God slowly opened her eyes to see that she had been living in sin. He then allowed her job, friends, relationship, and everything else she had to be taken away. When she had nothing left, He rebuilt her.
“As God forgave me for my sins and sacrificed His life on the cross, I was also able to forgive the men who raped me and my relative who also molested me. With God’s urging, I eventually told my family about the sexual abuse I had experienced. And praise God for my family for loving and accepting me in spite of my sin and caring for me even as I hurt them,” Keizha said.
Watch the full video below and witness the power of God’s forgiveness!
Reference: CCF Women2Women Ministry
Header image: Keizha [CCF Women2Women Ministry]. YouTube, 2 March 2024, https://youtu.be/Tq1QTsx3izs