Ephesians 4:22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
I wrote a book about my life entitled, "The Thug Bible".
My name is Rebecca Scott and I was a thug.
In order to understand a person, you must first study their beginnings. The sociopath (i.e.,thug) is a combination of several Anti-social Personality Disorders that are incurred in childhood as a result of heredity, trauma and the lack of moral and emotional development.
This is my Story
My childhood was messed up! My mother committed suicide when I was 10 years old and I spent the remainder of my childhood in the foster care system. I grew up in over 50 different households with all races and characters of people. Some of those people who responsible for my development were pedophiles and addicts. Despite this fact, I grew up to become one of the wealthiest women in New York City during the 80s.
Unfortunately most of that money came from transporting drugs. So, after 25 years of closing deals for every one from Diddy to Tupac, I lost it all to the love of the game.
I had thrown myself into the game because I already knew that a nice shape and a smile would open a lot of doors. I became a top-of-the-line hustler. When I wasn't closing drug deals, I was closing record deals. Money had become my God and the Enemy was my right-hand man.
It wasn't long before my team got sloppy and folks was getting popped. Every week I was spending thousands of dollars in court fees.
Once you make money your God, you find it hard to depart from. And with all the praying I used to do, I always knew that "you cannot serve two masters...That's how I got caught and went to JAIL. Through all this, I never once realized that I would get caught.
But when the enemy is done with you, he tosses you off to the side like a dirty rag and this was where God stepped in.
I rededicated my life to Jesus in February 2008 while laying in I.C.U. waiting to die. After a hellbound life making $10,000 a day... TODAY I'm content, blessed and grateful to be working part-time, working on getting my book published and sleeping on a friend's sofa until I can afford my own place.
There is an old spiritual called, "No Ways Tired" in the verse it says: "I've come too far from where I started from, nobody told me the road would be easy, but I don't believe he brought me this far to leave me." All things are possible, through Christ, Jesus...He's never failed me yet!
A Prayer When a Situation Seems Impossible - Your Daily Prayer - April 24
My wife has recently painted these words on a wall in our house as a reminder to us both: “Mightier than the waves of the sea, is His love for us!” (Inspired by Psalm 93:4). Please remember this. Mightier than the tempest you are facing is His love for you!