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75 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 .”
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 like God was working on me and preparing me .
Kharisma : What kind of impact do you desire to have with your journey , going through the scenes of Human Trafficking and exploitation ?
Sharron : I believe that my voice is called to the nations . I had someone who asked me — it was a Muslim lady , she asked me ... We never talked about religion . I went into her store to buy
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 .
He didn ’ t find me in a place where I was primmed and proper and put together . God put my life back together and so I feel like God is going to use me to be able to shake the foundation of this world , not just our country , but people all over the world .
Kharisma : I know you ’ ve found your voice and you ’ ve shared that in your book , I Found My Voice . Why do you think it ’ s so important for women to find their voice ?
Sharron : We must find our voices , we must help each other to find our voices . With my non-profit organization I am creating some avenues so that women all over the world- we can share . When my voice is connected to your voice , it makes us even more powerful . It bothers me , it saddens me to see women individualize themselves , and they stand on their own by themselves and they think that they can do this by themselves . We were created because of the strength that we have as women , the power that we have .
There was a Naomi and a Ruth for a reason , because we need each other . Although you may have come before me , why can ’ t I stand on your shoulders so that other ’ s can come with me ? That ’ s why we have to have our voices , that ’ s why women have to be raised up to a place where we know who we are . When we don ’ t know who we are it robs us from our destiny and our