His Heart Scribe Inspirations Devotional Magazine January 2014 January Issue 2014 | Page 8

Our cover guest this month lived this.
She didn’t have to research, interview, or
read about what “meth” better known as
“Methamphetamine” will do to a person’s life as they ‘knew’ it before the drug
was used.

“I remember the
smell so distinctly in
that house ... the
smell of piss and
dog and cat feces. It
was horrific ... the
heat only intensified the smell. A
house that wasn’t even mine, although I called it mine ... only because I had been living in it for over
a year ... existing there. I had chosen
the front room because it was the
room I had picked out for Stefen ...
when he came home ... home ... ha.
‘what the hell?’ The agony in the pit
of my stomach as I lay on the mattresses we had put on top of my car
one night ... we found them by a
dumpster ... the agony was the
worst pain I’d felt in my entire life.
Curled up in fetal position I’d cry
hysterically begging GOD to let me
die.”

Shanna Echols-White was one of the fortunate ones who was completely delivered, set free and healed from this horrible addiction. However, not before as
she says so humbly, “It cost me my
house, car job and my kids. I walked
away April 29th 2007. 2 weeks to the
day ... I felt the hand of God touch my
body and the devil leave. I was instantly
healed of my addiction ... set free!”

“Screaming as tears flooded my
face ... please ... just let me die ... I
could not take another day, hour or
second without my kids ... time after
time these were my days ... the life I
had created ... the life I felt I deserved ... I knew I was going to die
in that house ... maggots filled the
feces filled toilet ... there was no running water ... dear GOD please ... let
me die— I LIVED ... AMEN!”

This month with the guidance from the
Holy Spirit we are changing our interview protocol . I have had the pleasure
and the blessing of speaking with Miss
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