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WHILE I
WAS IN
JAIL,
THAT’S
WHEN I
HEARD
GOD’S
VOICE.
had several of those moments where... But I think the last
time that I can recall - because, mind you, because of all the
trauma that has taken place, I talk about in my book, about
polyvictimization, and how you have so many so sometimes for
me, processing or timelines, I’ve lost some of those so its hard
for me to put some of that together. To answer your question,
I believe the last time was when I went to jail and I got pulled
over because they were suspecting that I had drugs on me. something and so she asked me, “What are you called to? Who
are you? What are you called to?” She noticed or felt or seen
something in my life. Immediately I could hear God’s voice
say to me, “I am called to the nations, I am called to the black,
the white, the gay, the straight, woman, man, boy, no matter
what religion you are, I’ve been in the greatest ... Some of the
greatest opportunities that I’ve had have not been among the
people that I know.”
At this time I had a drug house, where I had someone holding
drugs for me at his house. They had been watching me and so
they pulled me over because of that, then I ended up having a
warrant out for my arrest for something else so I went to jail.
While I was in jail doing that time, I had a visitation. I saw and
felt the presence of God in the cell. This is not the first time I
heard his voice say, “Either you live for Me today or you shall
die.” So I said, “Okay. I don’t know how to live for You, I don’t
know how to do this.” I believe that God has created me not to take from anybody else
that helped pave the way for us, but I believe that He is going to
use my voice as a movement in itself, to shape the way that we
see human trafficking; to shape the voice and the way that we
look at how we treat women, how we look at ourselves. I believe
that, without apologizing, I am one that... I’m an advocate, so
sometimes I offend people. Sometimes I say things that are
contrary to what people think that should come out of my
mouth because I’m a Christian. I am very edgy because this is
how He found me.
Sometimes I think that when our lives are put in pause and
sometimes it seems like its in a rough place for us, right? And
it seems like, God, why am I here? Sometimes He just slows
us down and we think it’s the devil, we think it’s because of
somebody else. I’m a believer that sometimes He puts us in
a pause-break moment to give us time to re-calculate some
things. While I was in jail, that’s when I heard God’s voice.
I ended up getting a job two weeks later. I had never had a job
really, or anything. That’s when my life started to move forward
for me. I was really afraid because all I knew was the streets
and hustling and surviving in that way.
Kharisma: How long were you in jail for?
Sharron: I was in jail for a very short period of time, but it
seemed like it was forever because I felt