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In a new episode of Fox News\u2019s \u201c<\/span>Ainsley\u2019s Bible Study<\/span><\/a>,\u201d three women came together to discuss how their faith had helped them to overcome instances of abuse. The women shared with Fox News\u2019s Ainsley Earhardt about their experiences in faith. Annabella Rockwell, a graduate of Mount Holyoke, told Earhardt that despite her Christian upbringing, she found herself pulled into a life of partying and secularism once she began college. After walking away from her upbringing, she told Earhardt, \u201cIn this void of really not believing anymore is when I became susceptible to all these very progressive ideas and wokeism because as God was missing from my heart, I needed to fill that void with something.\u201d In speaking with the <\/span>New York Post<\/span><\/a>\u00a0last year, Rockwell said her experiences in college left her in need of being \u201cdeprogrammed.\u201d \u201cI left school very anxious, very nervous, very depressed and sad\u2026 I came to the school as someone who saw everyone equally. I left looking for injustice wherever I could and automatically assumed that all white men were sexist. My thoughts were no longer my own,\u201d she said. Rockwell\u2019s mother continued to pray for her prodigal daughter until Rockwell began to feel the urge to start attending church again during the COVID-19 pandemic. She accepted Christ and found peace increasing in her heart \u201ca little every day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ambar Miniel Sanchez found struggles between her faith and college as well. She began the Christian club at Miami Dade College and submitted her graduation acceptance speech to be reviewed. Her professor, however, did not think thanking Jesus in her speech was a good idea. Sanchez, however, felt she owed Jesus the praise and chose to thank Him anyways. \u201cWhen I gave my speech, and I was saying, \u2018Thank you, Jesus,\u2019 the whole crowd started clapping, and I was so shocked,\u201d she said. In a situation somewhat similar to Sanchez\u2019s, <\/span>Elizabeth Turner<\/span><\/a>, a graduating senior of Hillsdale High School in Michigan, received criticism from her school\u2019s principal when she submitted a draft of her valedictorian speech. The principal, Amy Goldsmith, took issue with Turner\u2019s opening line, \u201cMy future hope is found in my relationship with Christ. By trusting in him and choosing to live a life dedicated to bringing his kingdom glory, I can be confident that I am living a life with purpose and meaning. My identity is found by what God says, and who I want to become is laid out in scripture.\u201d \u201cYou are representing the school in the speech, not using the podium as your public forum,\u201d Goldsmith remarked on the draft. \u201cWe need to be mindful about the inclusion of religious aspects. These are your strong beliefs, but they are not appropriate for a speech in a school public setting.\u201d After a brief standoff, Goldsmith was confronted with a\u00a0<\/span>US Department of Education<\/span><\/a>\u00a0document which states, \u201cthe speech of students who choose to express themselves through religious means such as prayer is not attributable to the State and may not be restricted because of its religious content.\u201d Turner was allowed to give her speech as she had written it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, another woman, a graduate of Mount Holyoke, spoke of how her faith had enabled her to forgive her abuser. After experiencing sexual abuse, she found herself in a church service. \u201cGod touched my heart, and I just couldn\u2019t forget that. In that moment, I realized just how deeply I needed Jesus to save me because I had tried therapy, I tried so many things up until then to help me heal and move on and forgive, but it was all superficial. I couldn\u2019t truly move on from it,\u201d she shared. Her abuser eventually became a Christian himself and reached out to the woman, begging her for forgiveness. Her newfound faith enabled her to forgive and move on from the pain of the past. \u201cThat was the most joyous moment I\u2019ve ever had in my life at that point,\u201d she shared. Her experience hearkens back to the powerful words of Corrie ten Boom, a Christian who experienced painful atrocities in a concentration camp after helping to hide Jews: \u201cTo forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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