How Jesus Christ Saved Me From Childhood Abuse

Content note: This post contains discussion of childhood abuse. Details are shared for testimony and hope, not shock. Please read at your own pace.

This post accompanies my full video testimony, which you can watch above.

My Christian Testimony

My name is Belinda. Online, I’m known as Bible with Belle, where I share daily encouragement to seek God and grow in faith. Today, I am sharing my full testimony of how Jesus Christ saved me from decades of abuse.

I’m sharing this for three reasons:

1. Abuse happens far more often than most people realise.
2. I know many people will recognise parts of their own story in mine.
3. I want people to know that God is real, He sees suffering, and He is able to bring freedom and healing.

When you are living in abuse, it is very easy to believe that God is distant—or that He doesn’t care. I believed that for a long time. But I now know this to be false. God sees everything. He cares deeply. And He can turn even the darkest story into one marked by truth, freedom, and hope.

A Note on Privacy and Truth

This testimony is my lived experience.

Because my story involves other people, I have taken care to protect privacy. I do not use real names or identifying details. Where I have documentation to support events, I state that clearly. Where I do not, I am sharing my memories and experiences, while acknowledging that others may claim different recollections.

Since coming to faith in Jesus Christ, my life has been fully dedicated to God and to truth. I would never lie about this. What I share here is honest, prayerful, and shared with the intention of glorifying God and encouraging others.

Growing Up in Abuse

I grew up in a deeply dysfunctional and abusive home. There was addiction, violence, neglect, emotional cruelty, and manipulation. The most serious abuse I suffered was sexual abuse by my father, beginning in early childhood and continuing for many years. To my knowledge, my mother was aware of this abuse and helped conceal it.

Alongside this, I experienced ongoing emotional, psychological, and physical abuse—particularly from my mother. From a young age, I was silenced, intimidated, and conditioned to believe that speaking up would only bring more harm.

This grooming and intimidation followed me into adulthood. Abuse was hidden behind public appearances, while privately it continued unchecked.

Like many survivors, I stayed silent for decades—not because the abuse wasn’t severe, but because fear, manipulation, and conditioning are powerful tools.

When No One Protects the Child

One of the hardest truths I’ve learned is this: many victims end up protecting themselves because no one else will.

I experienced moments where my behaviour changed drastically as a child—clear warning signs that something was wrong. Yet those signs were ignored or explained away. This is tragically common.

If you ever see a child suddenly “go off track,” please don’t dismiss it. Sometimes the danger is not outside the home—it is the home.

Evidence, Records, and Speaking the Truth

As an adult, I went through proper channels to obtain my childhood records. These include documentation of:

• Being removed from my home and placed into foster care due to abuse
• Social workers determining my parents were unsafe and unfit
• Emancipation as a minor due to extreme circumstances
• Reports made to child safety by third parties
• Records supporting that I fled my father’s home due to abuse

Like most survivors of historic childhood abuse, criminal charges were unlikely. Very few cases result in conviction—not because abuse didn’t happen, but because of impossible evidentiary standards placed on children who were never protected.

Truth does not stop being truth because justice systems fail.

When I Finally Turned to God

I had always known of God. But I did not know Him.

After decades of abuse and overwhelming anxiety, I reached a point where I could no longer live the way I was living. I cried out to God—not once, but daily. I began praying every day. I began reading the Bible, even when I felt nothing.

For months, there was silence.

But I kept seeking Him—not just relief, but relationship.

Scripture tells us that God reveals Himself to those who seek Him (Jeremiah 29:13). And slowly, something began to change.

God Answered Me

One day, after praying desperately for clarity and protection, God answered me in a way I cannot explain away.

In a moment of deep brokenness, I experienced undeniable confirmation that God sees me, loves me, and has always been with me. Whether others would call it coincidence or not, I know in my spirit that God met me that day.

From that moment on, I knew:

• God is real
• Jesus Christ is real
• God hears prayer
• God saves

Not always instantly. Not always loudly.
But faithfully.

Finding the Strength to Speak

After growing in my relationship with God, something changed in me.

For the first time in my life, I felt strength that did not come from fear or survival—but from truth. I found the courage to speak up. I confronted what had been done to me. I stepped out of silence.

That strength did not come from me.

It came from God.

Forgiveness, Freedom, and Faith

I forgive my abusers—not because what they did was acceptable, but because forgiveness frees the victim, not the offender.

I do not carry hatred. I carry clarity.
I do not live in fear. I live in truth.
I do not belong to my past. I belong to Christ.

Jesus did not erase my story—He redeemed it.

If This Is Your Story Too

If you are suffering…
If you feel unseen…
If you feel silenced…
If you believe God has forgotten you…

He hasn’t.

God sees you. He loves you. And He is near to the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18).

If you seek Him—not perfectly, but sincerely—He will meet you too.

Watch the Full Testimony

The full video testimony is embedded above.
If this encouraged you, please consider sharing it so others who are suffering in silence may find hope.

You are not alone.
And your story is not over.

✨ Still Have a Question?

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You can also leave your questions on my YouTube channel where I regularly share Bible verses, encouragement, and answers to common questions.