P31 Warriors - Founder's Story

FOUNDER'S STORY

Shortly after 9 am one beautiful, quiet, sunny day in May, 2016, at the age of 57, after 33 years of marriage, in the prime of my wonderful life, as a mother of 3 grown children and grandmother of 8, I woke up on the front line of a serious battle. My marriage was ending. He was leaving, and although God is slowly revealing the truth to me, at the time, I didn’t really know why. I was hurt, betrayed, disappointed, wounded, confused, and filled with questions I couldn’t get answers to - sometimes, even God was silent. I was unsure where reality stopped and tormenting imagination took over. I was angry. I was broken. I felt like my soul had evaporated. I couldn’t breathe. I was traumatized, extremely depressed, and embarrassed. I couldn’t stop obsessing about the very thing I wanted to forget.

I felt abandoned, naked, vulnerable, alone, numb, anxious, and panicky. I couldn’t sleep. I lost my appetite. I had no desire to socialize. All I wanted to do was crawl up into a ball and disappear. I couldn’t make it through a sentence without crying and wailing. The pain started out as emotional trauma, but soon it was so intense that my physical heart ached as well. All night – all day.

The pain from that first day in May led me into fasting and prayer, spiritual warfare, mental health counseling, researching, journaling, a lot of reading, and spiritual growth I never imagined possible. I learned to forgive, to trust, to hope, and to live again.

Five months later, the "process" my therapist advised me to trust gave birth to the P31 Warriors Ministry. Someone very special to me prayed that I would find a "Fun, Fierce Force" to lead me on my journey of self-rediscovery and the awesome life God had waiting for me.

Well, I did find my “Fun, Fierce Force”. God gave me a word, a vision, a song, and a strategic plan to help myself and others like me reclaim the promises He lays out in His word for His daughters. And here it is!

I was amazed as I discovered how He used my healing journey to impact those around me as well. Realizing what a marvelous work He had done, and continues to do, I was inspired to share the process with others in need of hope and encouragement as well.

I learned to identify and believe in the God in me, through my relationship with Jesus Christ and His Holy Bible. I learned Whose I am, Who I am, and Why I am, Where I am! I learned how to reclaim everything that was stolen from me during the battle and the years leading up to it.

I learned to identify the thief, who had come to ‘kill, steal, and destroy’ everything pertaining to the wonderful, abundant life God had planned for me. Most importantly, I learned how to:

• Survive

• Revive

• Thrive

• Keep my Faith walk Alive

...through prayer, spiritual warfare, and therapeutic dance.

Right now, no matter where you are in your process... hurting, overwhelmed, discouraged... maybe so deep in despair that your tears are falling on this page, as you’re reading it - I know that you want more than anything to believe there is hope. You want to know that the ache in your stomach won’t last forever. I know. I was there. But now, we are here. God, you, me, and our fellow P31 Warriors, standing together to fight the good fight, and move on to victory.

You will get through this. Not by accident. By divine design. This is the beginning of our 8-week, P31 Warrior Spiritual Journey. Together, by the grace of God, some of us have already made it from the worst days of our lives to this place, where we are standing in peace, joy and strength, and you can do it too. Let's see what exciting times of victory, joy, fulfillment, and purpose in Him we have yet to discover!”

​- Mary Squire, Founding Warrior

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