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Emma Steiger Johnston

Class of 1972

THEN	NOW
Marquette, MI US Email: nolongerbound@gmail.com
I married, in 1978 to David Johnston. He is employed by the Michigan State Police as a Detective Sergeant. He recently (2007) to be exact, was awarded Michigan State Trooper of the Year and also Law Enforcement Officer of the year. We have 3 wonderful-great children Amber 21, Jeremy 18, Ashley 17. As for myself, I have had my own business (Ms. Emma's Christian Daycare) as a Daycare Provider for over 30 years. I believe this was a calling from God. I was raped by my father as a child of 3yrs till I went away to A.A. I was pregnant by him and lost the baby. I swore as I was growing up that I would take care of children and as long as they were in my care, they would never be abused in any fashion. True to my promise!!! Why am I telling you this? Just in case one of you women/men have ever gone through this type of experience or have been an abuser, I want you to know that their is healing for all who Truly Desire It. IT WORKS!!!! I was just recently healed from mine and I am 53 yrs old. I found the answer!! Please, if you sturggle from child abuse, don't go through it alone. If you have ever wondered why you get angry for no reason at all, depressed, can't seem to connect with others, can't remember being abused but know that something happened, don't wait. Get help! He is there for you and is just waiting for you to ask. Don't give up until you get an answer from Him and don't let go once you connect with Him. The Him I am talking about is God. God the Father. I could not connect with Him for anything. I was afraid of Him. Not anymore! I finally realized what He and His son Jesus did for me. I realized that this Father had this Awesome Holy son named Jesus. They both loved me with all their hearts. I did not care about the love part of it all, because I could not understand it anyway, I just wanted to be healed and forget what had happened to me. One day they (Father and His Son Jesus) got together and realizing I was a in a deperate situation of sin, decided to get me out, one way or the other! Nope, these guys were not playing around, they were Extremely Serious!!! (WOW! can you imagine someone caring that much for a human?). They were'nt playing games any longer! So they decided in their conference that they had, that one of them would have to come down to Earth and show me how to get myself out of my sin issues and how to live a pure and clean life. Alright, that sounded pretty good, I guess. Well, the Father sent His one and only Awesome and Holy son down here to do just that! And Jesus did it! And a good job of it he did do!! He did it so well, that some people became jealous. Now we all know how that one goes. The other person get more credit than you on a job you both did, or someone gets a promotion and you don't or someone else is better looking than you or is richer than you, you get so jealous sometimes you just want to kill the other guy/girl. Awe, you get the idea-right? Jealously pops up!! Right? Well, that is what happened to Jesus. But instead of being jealous and taking it home to their spouses or better yet God, some people became so enormously jealous that they started listening and doing what Satan, their leader and the enemy that hated Jesus the most told them to do. KILL HIM!!!! Now, that is where it got personal for Jesus and me. You see, this is how the Father explained it to me. Before I was born, there was a fight for my seed. Jesus wanted it and Satan wanted it. Satan won that fight, but Jesus said the battle wasn't over yet! In other word's Jesus was saying "I'll be back"!!!! And so, the exteremely jealous people decided that they were going to listen to Satan. And so, like any good and faithful follower of any leader would do, they did just what their jealous leader told them to do. They Killed Jesus. Now the Father in Heaven continued to tell me the rest of MY story. He said: Satan has you bound here on this earth Emma. Jesus wants you to be free. What was the Father talking about? FREE!! I only wanted to forget what had happened to me. Why couldnt' He just zap it out of my head. He continued to talk: Emma, Jesus did not lose the battle here on Earth, He won. I brought Him back to life 3 days after He died. Why? because He was unjustly accused. He lived perfectly and did no wrong, He used His Will to chose to live for me instead of Satan. Hey!! wait a minute! Back the truck up Father, what is a Will? I never understood what a Will was, much less a chioce!!! He did explaine to me that because I had been sexually abused, I never knew I had a Will. That is YOUR POWER Emma that I gave you from birth that Satan has stolen from you and that is why Jesus came down to Earth to battle Satan so He could win it back just for you! Jesus loves you so much Emma, that He lost His life winning your Will back for you. He wouldn't give up Emma, He fought harder than anyone has ever fought in his life, until He won it back for you. Then after He won it back, He is now giving it back to you and saying "Emma I love you so much and am so very sorry you had to suffer as a child and adult for the sins of your earthly father that I want you to have your Will back so now you can choose who you would like to serve instead of it being forced upon you as it was when you were a child. Now, To come down here and do battle and fight for someone and end up dying for that cause (that person) is a great love in and of itself, but after you have won the battle, and have the power (their Will) of another person in the palm of His hands to do with what ever He wanted to do, and turn around and say " I now give your Will back to you so you can choose for yourself whom you will follow" is to me the GREATEST LOVE that has ever been bestowed upon this womans heart. I now know what Jesus is all about and why He came to fight for me. It my friends, is a love I will never understand from where I stand on this Earth at this moment, but will, with all my heart accept!! I encourage any and all who have ever been abused or have been abusers to go to God and find the answers that your soul cries for. And if you REALLY want it, You shall find it. With great Love in my heart from above, I write this letter to all the people that I have had the honor of meeting in my 2 short years at A.A. May you too find the answers that YOUR soul cries for. We are more than conquers, we are the Son's and Daughter's of God. Get on your knees and make your choice and claim your prize!! Emma (Steiger) Johnston Class of 1972
Last Update: Friday, March 2, 2007