Feb 21 2024
Old Man: "I Was Raised As A Girl"
In this episode, Mike shares his story of being raised as a girl and the abuse he experienced. He discusses the effects of his childhood on his identity and his relationship with God. Mike emphasizes the importance of being biblically literate and listening to those who are hurting. He encourages parents to seek help and understand the difference between empowering and enabling their children. Mike concludes by highlighting the need for compassionate and truthful leadership in the Christian church.Transcript:Hey friends, welcome to Sovereign Fire Studios. I'm your host, Mason Skaggs, and we've got a very important episode for you today. With a man, we're gonna call it Mike. Mike, he's gonna talk about his story of being raised as a girl. It's a story of abuse. It's a story of God's redemption, amazing redemption in his life, and really excited to hear his...Him recount his story and what the Lord has done in his life since then. Just just a disclaimer, this video may not be suitable for like little kids. So use discretion as you go. We're going to talk frankly. We want to expose darkness, as always, and exalt Jesus Christ in our stories. So before we begin, I just want to say thank you for tuning in. If you like what we're doing here, pause.Give us a five-star rating. It'll help us with our goal of Exalting Christ and if you give us a rating like this video and subscribe to the channel to keep up with new content We drop new content every Wednesday every other Wednesday, excuse me So every other Wednesday will have brand new content and if you subscribe you'll be able to see that when it releases We are a hundred percent listener funded. So if you are interested become a patreon subscriberfor as little as five bucks a month, you'll get access to an exclusive show called War Stories, which is a show where we get a little more fringe discussing topics like astral projection, spiritual warfare, some near death experiences, and I even tell in-depth stories from my past life of drug dealing, Satan worshiping, darkness, all while keeping Christ firmly at the center. So check that out. Without any...further delay. Let's get into our discussion with Mike. Mike, thank you so much for being with us today. I want to give you free rein and just be as sensitive as I possibly can. You have an amazing, harrowing story and I want to allow you to kind of take the reins on it. So if you would, tell us a little bit about yourself and what your childhood was like, if you will.Mason Skaggs (02:27.115)Well, thank you.Mason Skaggs (02:31.55)I am a professional these days and am fortunate to have moved from extreme difficulties to a remarkably normal life in lots of ways. I'm actively involved in a church, have long-term friends, good connections and so on. So I'm very grateful for a...a remarkably healthy life on lots of levels.Mason Skaggs (03:09.118)And it's the declaration of the goodness of God. That's right. My life is about God's provision and not my performance. That's my bottom line. Praise God. It started out in a rural area. And my parents had to...a lot of chaos in their world. But I was a year and a half old when they decided that they were going to be farmers. And they bought 150 acres and they were all woefully undercapitalized. And I grew up with a sense of uncertainty. Always a sense of uncertainty. They were up against it.Mason Skaggs (04:08.238)They simply were having a hard time making ends as meet and that generated a lot of desperation, a lot of trauma.Mason Skaggs (04:25.611)That was their background.Mason Skaggs (04:34.502)I think what's interesting about my story is that...Mason Skaggs (04:41.354)I was the youngest of four sons. And my father had the three older boys to assist her farm chores. My mother was very unhappy that she did not have
