STORIES WRITTEN ON THE FLOOR 2025 CREATED & WRITTEN BY MELISSA BOSS

The Lord prompted me to write this tonight. So, what’s really underneath being broken, codependent, addicted, feeling lost, confused about your identity and your purpose in life? My story is this. The secret is out! Jesus is what lies underneath all the lies and the pain from my childhood trauma and my past.

The Lord gave me these scriptures: John 14:6 Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.” Romans 8:1-2 CSB

The Lord gave me this instruction next when I asked him “Father where do I start?”

He said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. Follow me. I will show you. Lean not on your own understanding. But trust me with all of your heart and all of your soul and all of your mind. Just do the next step. I will not fail you.”

As I type this out, the Lord wants me to share with you what’s happening in my spirit. I feel resistance right away from my flesh but then tears are falling down next. Keep going. Now there is peace in my heart as I continue to type this out. I have decided I will be obedient to him in all my ways. In this moment, I say yes to Jesus. I say have your way and I will continue to type this out as you lead me my Lord.

Opening up about things has always been hard for me. But now, I sit here not afraid, just waiting to hear the next step from my Father in Heaven. My Lord. He is so faithful. He is beautiful. Let us keep our eyes on him; He will show me the way.

Love is kind. Love is patient. Love does not boast. Love is gentle; Love does not fail; Love never changes; love is on time;

Love made a way when there was not a way for me.

Love saved me from the enemy more times than I can count;

Love knew that I would be rejected before I was born and he made a way for me;

Love knew that I would endure abuse of all forms at an age that was too young to for me to defend myself (4); Love knew that I would suffer for almost 40 years from the consequences of these poor choices that was stuck on repeat; But God; He makes all things new; Love makes beauty from ashes;

Love has turned the tables and is now orchestrating order in my heart, my mind, my body, and my soul; I am not the same person yesterday; He really saved me from my self-destructive ways; How can this be true; look for yourself —–>>>>>>>>>

***This picture was taken right before I entered into drug/alcohol treatment. I was starving myself to death every day when I was at my worst. I was lost, confused, bleeding and broken inside from all the abuse, trauma and pain I endured from my childhood. I should not have made it out alive. But God chose to save me!!

Love knew that I would lose my way and I would drift off into the deep wilderness looking for love in all the wrong places; But God; He made a way out for me and found me; He saved me when I felt the most unworthy in my addiction; I did not deserve what he did for me on that day;

I came out of detox in this picture but still did not know how to let go of everything that was holding me back ~ I was stuck in a cycle

Love knew that I would try to hide again. I tried to tuck down all of the lies, the shame, the guilt from my past when I came out of treatment, but I was faced with a decision. I needed to face my denail and deal with these feelings and come to reality that I needed help. God afterall was not going anywhere. He had my attention finally! He went everywhere with me!! Imagine that! What happened!?? I thought. I’m not alone anymore. God is with me. I started hearing his voice in my spirit and seeing visions again like I did when I was young. I chased God like i did the drugs and alcohol and fell in love with Jesus. God gave me a new name; He called me HIS; I have not been the same. I belong to Jesus! The story has not been perfect since then; Ive been married twice, I have had 3 pregnancies, evicted a few times, homeless, in domestic violence women’s shelters with kids and then finally only then God decided to brake me down to the ground literally; I lost everything, but I gained the one that created me finally last year down to the ground when I was in a womens shelter again trying to find my way;

Next month, I celebrate 7 years of continuous sobriety on my daughter’s 7th birthday September 20, 2018! God has blessed me with two beautiful children and has finally set me free from the awful chains of codependency! One onion layer at a time! He has truly set me free again but at a deeper level. I am on a healing journey of sharing my story as I walk with the Lord. Come walk with me as I learn what God has in store next. The stories written on the Floor has just begun. So much to unravel. I never thought I would be on this journey with Jesus. I am so grateful to have the desire to share with you my story of hope.

Jesus is the way, the truth and the life!! He will never abandon you. He will not fail you. He is for you not against you. HE IS FAITHFUL! DO NOT GIVE UP! HE SEES YOU!

Broken Beautiful Collection 2025

Written by Melissa Boss