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The War Cry | OCTOBER 2013
as if the only things keeping me
going were my three small children.
Everything seemed so bleak. But
God began working on me.
A TV "Nudge"
One day, I got home from class at
the local community college and
turned on the TV to have a little
background noise while I did my
chores. When I had left the house
that morning, I was sure that the
TV was on the Cartoon Channel,
but now there was a woman
[Joyce Meyer] ministering to her
viewers. I thought that was
odd, but I just brushed it off.
I could hear this woman
talking while I washed dishes.
I really wasn't paying attention
until I heard her say, "There is a
young woman, a mother of three--
you're listening to this program.
God has been talking to you for many
months now, but out of fear, you've
been ignoring Him."
I dropped the dish in my hand
and stood frozen at the sink. I
knew she was talking to me. I
found myself standing in front
of the TV. The woman said, "God
wants you to go talk to someone
and you know who it is... Stop
what you're doing right now and
go do what He wants you to do."
For a second, I tried to tell myself
that this was crazy. Then I grabbed
my purse and ran out the door. I
had no money and very little gas
in the beat-up little red car my
father had let me borrow. But I
pulled out of the driveway anyway.
I was convinced that I was
How I Met
the Army
............
My son Thomas can tell you what it was like to have to jump on his
father's back to keep him from beating me. My son Christopher knows what
it was like, at age 5, to feel that he had to put a knife in his backpack. When
I found it, he told me, "I have to protect you, Mommy, because Daddy said
he's going to kill you. What would I do if he killed you?"
I can tell you what it was like to lie to my mother about how baby Angele-
ah's playpen got destroyed. I didn't want her to know that my husband had
thrown me across the room in a rage, and I had landed so hard on the
playpen that it busted to pieces.
I can tell you what it was like to be scared to go to sleep at night because
I didn't know what my husband would do to me when he got home or what
it's like to worry every Friday about whether or not he would come home
with any money from his paycheck or not. What would I do if he didn't?
How would I be able to buy groceries if he didn't?
Like most victims of domestic violence, over the course of my marriage
I became alienated from any friends I had and found myself with absolutely
no self worth. I was so ashamed of what was going on in my home that
I barely stayed in touch with my family. Eventually I found myself feeling
The Other Side
N
ine years ago my children and I were living
out a nightmare.
My husband, a hulking 6'-7",
330 pound man, had become a raging alcoholic
and drug addict, and over time, he had grown
increasingly violent.
Stepping out with nothing but faith, Lorrie Wolfe
reached down deep for the courage to fi nd
a better life for herself and her three children.
"I am not a celebrity or a famous athlete, but I want
to share my story so I can make a difference in the
world and maybe save the lives of another
family just like mine," says Lorrie.
Last year The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club recognized
41-year-old Lorrie Wolfe as The Most Inspirational Mom in America.
This award comes with a full scholarship to the
University of Phoenix, where she is working on a
degree in criminal justice. Here is her story...
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