MY NAME IS EDIE SEVY. I LIVE IN KETTLE FALLS, WASHINGTON. 
A SMALL TOWN OF 1550, JUST BELOW TRAIL BRITISH COLUMBIA. I 
WAS BORN TO A VERY YOUNG MOTHER BARELY 18. MY BIRTH FATHER 
AND MY MOTHER LIVED TOGETHER VERY BRIEFLY. HE WAS NEVER A 
PART OF MY LIFE IN ANY WAY. 

AS I GOT OLDER AND REALIZED THAT HE HAD TOTALLY REJECTED 
ME I GOT ANGRY. THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT THE WORSE I 
FELT AND THE MORE I HATED HIM. I HAD A TERRIBLE JUDGMENT 
AGAINST ALL MEN. WHEN I WAS 6 YRS OLD MY MOTHER MARRIED 
MY DADDY THAT RAISED ME. I COULD NOT RECEIVE HIS LOVE, 
AFTER ALL, IF THE PERSON WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO LOVE ME, DID 
NOT; HOW COULD I EXPECT SOMEONE ELSE TO LOVE ME LIKE HE 
SHOULD HAVE. I GOT MARRIED AT 22, BUT MY ANGER AGAINST 
MEN BEGAN TO TAKE ITS TOLL ON MY MARRIAGE. 

MY HUSBAND WAS A WONDERFUL MAN, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO 
DO WITH ME. I COULD NEVER REALLY TELL ANY OF MY FAMILY OR 
FRIENDS HOW I FELT INSIDE. JOHN AND I WERE SEPARATED, I 
HAD A LITTLE BABY BOY. I LIVED WITH MY PARENTS FOR AWHILE 
AND THEN MY GRANDMOTHER AND I FOUND A LITTLE HOUSE TOGETHER. 
MY GRANDMOTHER HAD ALWAYS BEEN MY SAFE PERSON. A LITTLE GRAY 
HAIRED LADY WHO LIVED ACROSS THE STREET WOULD COME AND VISIT 
US. SHE NEVER ASKED ME TO GO TO CHURCH ONLY THAT SHE WOULD 
LOVE IT IF I WOULD COME WITH HER SOMETIME. WHEN SHE TALKED 
ABOUT JESUS, I KNEW SHE REALLY KNEW HIM. 

AFTER A FEW MONTHS I BEGAN TO WONDER IF HER JESUS WOULD DO 
FOR ME WHAT HE HAD DONE FOR HER. I WENT TO HER CHURCH. I 
WAS OVERWHELMED WITH GOD'S LOVE AND RETURNED THE NEXT WEEK 
AND WENT TO THE ALTER AND RECEIVED CHRIST AS MY LORD AND 
SAVIOUR. IN THE NEXT YEAR MY MARRIAGE WAS RESTORED AND ON 
IT'S WAY TO A MUCH BETTER DIRECTION THAN BEFORE. MY HUSBAND 
AND I JUST CELEBRATED 40 YEARS OF MIRACLES THIS PAST JANUARY 
2000. IN THESE PAST YEARS I BEGAN TO LEARN HOW TO FORGIVE 
AND HOW TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS. IT HAS BEEN VERY PAINFUL AT 
TIMES. MY BIRTHFATHER AND MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY THREE WEEKS 
APART. I WAS ABLE TO BE AT THEIR BEDSIDE AS THEY WENT TO BE 
WITH JESUS. MY DADDY THAT RAISED ME HAD PASSED AWAY 7 YEARS 
EARLIER ALSO KNOWING JESUS. 

I OFTEN HAVE WONDERED HAD I NOT ASKED FOR AND RECEIVED 
FORGIVENESS. IF MY FAMILY WOULD HAVE EVER COME TO THE LORD 
THAT I LOVE SO MUCH. MY HEART IS TO SHARE THE LOVE OF THE 
HEALER OF BROKEN HEARTS AND WOUNDED SOULS. 

I AM IN MINISTRY TODAY AND HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING 
WITH MANY MEN AND WOMEN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THE LOVE OF GOD AND SALVATION THROUGH THE SHED BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. 

THANK GOD FOR HIS MERCY, GRACE AND LOVE 

IN HIM,
EDIE SEVY