Laila Mickelwait
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I'll describe it to you. But I was at a point where I had to either take sleeping pills or narcotics to numb the pain. And I just felt very depressed. And I was totally lost and not knowing where or what I was going to do with my life. And I drew a picture that night. It was a flower in a deep pit. And there was rain that was pouring down and there was water that was filling up the pit.
I'll describe it to you. But I was at a point where I had to either take sleeping pills or narcotics to numb the pain. And I just felt very depressed. And I was totally lost and not knowing where or what I was going to do with my life. And I drew a picture that night. It was a flower in a deep pit. And there was rain that was pouring down and there was water that was filling up the pit.
And it was going to threaten to drown the flower. And at that moment, I felt inspired to grab my childhood Bible from the dresser there that was next to my bed. I opened it up and the first thing I read was a description of my picture. Oh, yeah. And it was a psalm.
And it was going to threaten to drown the flower. And at that moment, I felt inspired to grab my childhood Bible from the dresser there that was next to my bed. I opened it up and the first thing I read was a description of my picture. Oh, yeah. And it was a psalm.
And it was going to threaten to drown the flower. And at that moment, I felt inspired to grab my childhood Bible from the dresser there that was next to my bed. I opened it up and the first thing I read was a description of my picture. Oh, yeah. And it was a psalm.
And I can't remember the exact words of the psalm right now, but it was describing, it was like, do not let the floodwaters overwhelm me or the deep waters of the piss swallow me up. And it was an actual description of the picture that I just drew.
And I can't remember the exact words of the psalm right now, but it was describing, it was like, do not let the floodwaters overwhelm me or the deep waters of the piss swallow me up. And it was an actual description of the picture that I just drew.
And I can't remember the exact words of the psalm right now, but it was describing, it was like, do not let the floodwaters overwhelm me or the deep waters of the piss swallow me up. And it was an actual description of the picture that I just drew.
Threatening to drown the flower, yeah.
Threatening to drown the flower, yeah.
Threatening to drown the flower, yeah.
Yeah, and then I read this verse that was a description.
Yeah, and then I read this verse that was a description.
Yeah, and then I read this verse that was a description.
Yeah, I mean, I grew up in my, you know, again, the example of my father, you know, he's a, I grew up in a Christian home where, you know, this was kind of in my background. I had, you know, definitely gone away from that for a time, but it was kind of, that was my impulse was to do that. And when I read that, I felt this, you know, overwhelming sense of there's someone here, there's, there's,
Yeah, I mean, I grew up in my, you know, again, the example of my father, you know, he's a, I grew up in a Christian home where, you know, this was kind of in my background. I had, you know, definitely gone away from that for a time, but it was kind of, that was my impulse was to do that. And when I read that, I felt this, you know, overwhelming sense of there's someone here, there's, there's,
Yeah, I mean, I grew up in my, you know, again, the example of my father, you know, he's a, I grew up in a Christian home where, you know, this was kind of in my background. I had, you know, definitely gone away from that for a time, but it was kind of, that was my impulse was to do that. And when I read that, I felt this, you know, overwhelming sense of there's someone here, there's, there's,
Something bigger than me that's right here in my darkest moment with me that knows what's happening.
Something bigger than me that's right here in my darkest moment with me that knows what's happening.
Something bigger than me that's right here in my darkest moment with me that knows what's happening.