A B O U T U S
My name is Steph Baily and I am a mother of two girls. I never really believed in God. We grew up in church and I heard about Him, but I just didn’t believe. When I was 13 we quit going to church and the unbelief grew stronger and stronger.
The line between right and wrong seemed to disappear as I entered my wild, teenage years.
I got pregnant at 19 and thought for sure that would change me and keep me from drinking and doing drugs and being with abusive men. Unfortunately, I was wrong. I got pregnant again with my youngest. Her dad and I were in a destructive, abusive relationship. I tried to work it out. I didn’t want to be a single mom with 2 kids by 2 different men, alone. After she was born, I started drinking and smoking pot again. I went to bars on a regular basis - "everybody knew my name."
My grandparents came to pick me up and take me to rehab. I was in a little town in Northwest Nebraska. The rehab center was in Houston. A place called "House of Hope" a Teen Challenge Center. I wouldn’t be allowed to smoke cigarettes or cuss - it was a discipleship program - a faith-based center. I had nowhere else to go and I was so far gone when I left. I remember saying, "Does it matter if I kill myself here or in Houston?"
When I walked through that gate, something changed. It was so peaceful and everyone was so nice. This beautiful, Jamaican woman came up to me and put her arms around me and said, "Everything’s going to be alright now, precious." I was not used to being called something so wonderful. My nicknames were "dirty whore" or "loser."
One month into the program, I FOUND GOD. My search was over. He revealed Himself to me in an awesome way. The words in His Book came to life.
Right became right And wrong became wrong - HIS LOVE, for the first time in my life. "I felt the love of God and it was so amazing and powerful."
The Lord has scooped me up and put me in this life that I never thought I could have. I want everyone to know and feel the LOVE and HOPE and PEACE - that Jesus can take all of your mess and turn it into something amazing and beautiful! He is a God of miracles and, on top of that, He offers friendship - but not like the ones we’re used to. His is an unconditional, "I’m always here" - "I’ll never leave you" - kind of friendship. We serve an awesome God and it is my desire to help the lost find Him - to see for the first time - and be able to experience REAL LIFE - REAL LOVE - REBIRTH . . . JESUS!!!
I met a man and married him 3 weeks later. It turned out to be the worst decision of my life. He was extremely abusive. I lost custody of my youngest daughter 3 months later because of that one bad choice. I started drinking even more and doing any drug I could get my hands on. Life seemed to be getting worse and worse. Seven months later, I decided I couldn’t live anymore. My parents had rescued my oldest daughter from all the chaos I was living in. I just couldn’t feel better. It hurt to breathe. I had lost touch of everything. I was so far away from the truth - the truth I didn’t believe in - I was hopeless.
One day there was a knock on my door. My sister and I were getting high in the bathroom and we never opened the door to strangers. For some reason I opened the door and this boy handed me a card with a wooden cross in it and said "Happy Valentine’s Day, Jesus love You." In the card was "The Father’s Loveletter".
I cried. . . and, for a second, there was hope. . . Until my unbelief took over and it was gone again.
Steph Baily
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