"The Rape of Innocence" by Lacresha Hayes
It has been almost a month since I made an entry on this site but I have not forgotten my passion. This past month has been incredibly busy for me. It started with two days of hospitalization followed by four weeks of bed rest for my husband. He's fine now and back at work.
For several years now I've been transitioning out of the mortgage field to pursue writing and personal life coaching. I have not severed the ties I made and this month I accepted a three month assignment with a local mortgage office. I had also signed several writing contracts for projects due in April and pursued four one day jobs. When I was inquiring about all of this, I did not know my husband would get sick or that all the jobs would come through at the same time. Somehow I made it, but unfortunately this site was one of the things I did not have time for. I know that May is going to be a much better month for me.
One of the most exciting things I've done in the past few years is meet other authors and individuals who share my passion for eliminating abuse. Most of these I've met through on line writing support groups. I've talked to many individuals with similiar abuse experiences as mine, which makes me even more committed to my purpose. But many individuals can not write about their lives for one reason or another. One person I've met, Lacresha Hayes, shares her personal experiences in "The Rape of Innocence." An excellent book, it is available on Amazon and in major book stores.
Attached is an excerpt from her book:
"Molestation happens across cultural lines. It happens across racial lines. It isn't based upon intelligence. It isn't based upon financial health. It may seem to happen more in poverty-stricken communities, but I can assure you that most of it just goes unreported.
I found out the hard way that molestation isn't just a black thing or a poor thing. It is a perversion thing. It happens to God's called and chosen people, and it happens to the average Jane Doe in an average home. God has created each of us with purpose. I don't believe the enemy would waste his time tempting people to molest or rape a person who has no destiny and no call upon their life. Because of the very nature of the crime, it can be nothing less than a device of the enemy, one of his strongest weapons.
Someone reading this book may think that they have never been molested when indeed they have been. A molester is a molester long before he touches his first victim. He is first guilty in his thoughts. Some men never actually touch their victims. They just think and fantasize about touching. They rent the videos of children with adults engaging in sex acts. Some molesters do it with the words of their mouths. They talk filth to children. They take advantage of their positions in those children's lives. They open a door that should not be opened by planting filthy word images in young minds. Some of you haven't actually been touched, but you have been molested.
That family reunion opened my eyes to a lot of things. Because of that repressed memory, this book exists. God had to allow a series of events to happen to make me go back and deal with my past. This testimony was freed while I was in jail. I was arreted in August 2005 for old fines and failure to appear warrants. While I was in jail, God kept bringing the memory of what my great grandfather had done back to my mind. It seemed to torment me. It had been two years since I first remembered and here it was, still cropping up.
One night as I was praying, God spoke to me in a whisper and told me that I would be in jail until I learned obedience. He would never specifically tell me what I needed to do because I already knew. I was in jail for 44 days, skirting the issue, hitting and missing at what He wanted from me. Finally, I put pencil to paper and began to write. With every paragraph I was stopping and crying. It was dreadful! I didn't feel prepared for the suffering!"
For several years now I've been transitioning out of the mortgage field to pursue writing and personal life coaching. I have not severed the ties I made and this month I accepted a three month assignment with a local mortgage office. I had also signed several writing contracts for projects due in April and pursued four one day jobs. When I was inquiring about all of this, I did not know my husband would get sick or that all the jobs would come through at the same time. Somehow I made it, but unfortunately this site was one of the things I did not have time for. I know that May is going to be a much better month for me.
One of the most exciting things I've done in the past few years is meet other authors and individuals who share my passion for eliminating abuse. Most of these I've met through on line writing support groups. I've talked to many individuals with similiar abuse experiences as mine, which makes me even more committed to my purpose. But many individuals can not write about their lives for one reason or another. One person I've met, Lacresha Hayes, shares her personal experiences in "The Rape of Innocence." An excellent book, it is available on Amazon and in major book stores.
Attached is an excerpt from her book:
"Molestation happens across cultural lines. It happens across racial lines. It isn't based upon intelligence. It isn't based upon financial health. It may seem to happen more in poverty-stricken communities, but I can assure you that most of it just goes unreported.
I found out the hard way that molestation isn't just a black thing or a poor thing. It is a perversion thing. It happens to God's called and chosen people, and it happens to the average Jane Doe in an average home. God has created each of us with purpose. I don't believe the enemy would waste his time tempting people to molest or rape a person who has no destiny and no call upon their life. Because of the very nature of the crime, it can be nothing less than a device of the enemy, one of his strongest weapons.
Someone reading this book may think that they have never been molested when indeed they have been. A molester is a molester long before he touches his first victim. He is first guilty in his thoughts. Some men never actually touch their victims. They just think and fantasize about touching. They rent the videos of children with adults engaging in sex acts. Some molesters do it with the words of their mouths. They talk filth to children. They take advantage of their positions in those children's lives. They open a door that should not be opened by planting filthy word images in young minds. Some of you haven't actually been touched, but you have been molested.
That family reunion opened my eyes to a lot of things. Because of that repressed memory, this book exists. God had to allow a series of events to happen to make me go back and deal with my past. This testimony was freed while I was in jail. I was arreted in August 2005 for old fines and failure to appear warrants. While I was in jail, God kept bringing the memory of what my great grandfather had done back to my mind. It seemed to torment me. It had been two years since I first remembered and here it was, still cropping up.
One night as I was praying, God spoke to me in a whisper and told me that I would be in jail until I learned obedience. He would never specifically tell me what I needed to do because I already knew. I was in jail for 44 days, skirting the issue, hitting and missing at what He wanted from me. Finally, I put pencil to paper and began to write. With every paragraph I was stopping and crying. It was dreadful! I didn't feel prepared for the suffering!"
