SELLING SUNSET’s Amanda Lynn says her faith helped her break unhealthy family cycles — and gave her a relationship with her heavenly Father.
“I just got saved, I would say, really, really this year,” she said in a video posted to God Behind Bar’s Instagram. “My dad was saved behind bars. Parts of the Bible were written behind bars. The prisoner’s story is not over.”
Lynn explained, “Since I was 5, I’ve dealt with my parents — both of them, at different times — being in and out of prison. Survival mode saves you from a lot of things, but survival mode is not how you live. Survival mode is not how you have peace.”
“All because of my dad and his faith and his testimony, even before he passed, that is the greatest gift ever, because that healed my abandonment wounds from both of my parents, knowing that I have a heavenly Father that’s always been there, that takes the shame from me,” she said. “That is the most freeing thing.”
Lynn continued, “In my family, I am the cycle-breaker…I’m the one that chose a different way. I feel a weight off my chest. I don’t feel abandonment wounds anymore. I feel free.”
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In an Instagram post on her account, the reality star wrote, “A few weeks ago, I went to Angola State Prison with @godbehindbars. I grew up with my parents in and out of prison throughout my entire life. I know what it’s like to sit on the other side of those visits, to love someone behind bars and carry that weight as a child.”
“Sometimes a person’s lowest moment is exactly where God meets them. That’s what happened with my father, and it’s part of why this trip meant so much to me,” she continued. “I shared parts of my story: the shame, abandonment, trauma, and what it’s taken to break generational patterns and create a different future.”
Lynn shared, “Pain doesn’t discriminate. Whether you’re sitting in a prison cell or living in a beautiful home, everyone is carrying something. You never truly know the battles someone fought just to become who they are….No matter where we come from or what we’ve been through, God can still grow something beautiful from our lives.”
God Behind Bars is an organization that works to “ensure every inmate in the US has direct and personal access to the Gospel,” according to their website. “We want to help them grow their faith, heal trauma and emotional wounds, break addictions and cycles, and allow every person behind bars to step into their calling as sons and daughters of the Most High.”
Lynn’s testimony is an inspiring story about the strength we can find in our faith.
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