TESTIMONY: SHAYLYNN BOYLAN

At age 16 I was addicted to meth up until the end of July 2013 age 22. I started attending New Life in Smithfield with my boyfriend at the time who is now my husband, I was touched by the Holy Spirit and something in me began to change, even after becoming a believer and being saved I found myself drinking occasionally and still smoking weed and stuck in addiction just not The drug I was used to. 

The occasional drinking turned into everyday drinking that went on for years. My husband and I were married in 2014 and we wanted to grow our little family and have a little one. I was born with heart problems so before conceiving I saw my cardiologist to make sure it would be safe for me and the baby, by this time I had switched campuses and started attending Legacy church, I was told by the cardiologist it would be safest to have open heart surgery and it was scheduled for July 2016 although we we weren’t trying to conceive while awaiting my surgery we didn’t do anything to prevent it. 

After surgery and after we got the ok we actively started trying, with no luck for about two years I lost hope, we had been together since 2009 and never tried to prevent it and now we tried and still nothing. I gave up hope and thought I just wasn’t meant to be a mom.. I eventually wasn’t ok with not becoming a mom, I mean it was the desire of my heart I felt that God put it there and decided to speak with my OB and found out I had PCOS. Mind you it’s now 2019 and I’m still drinking and smoking weed Everyday, I then needed new MRI scans etc to make sure my heart was still ok.

In this time prayer and fasting was coming up. I was no longer ok with the life I was living. My husband and I would fight all the time and they weren’t just the yelling or arguing fights anymore they got worse and worse. I felt God telling me what I needed to do to receive my blessing, I started pouring myself into the church and groups the church held and went to every single prayer night and reading the Bible faithfully as well as seeing my primary care doctor to get on a medication that makes you ill if you drink I fasted what the lord asked. 

I did my MRI and got the ok from the cardiologist and was waiting for my appointment to start fertility medications. On January 20, 2020 my husband had me take a pregnancy test ( I was not happy about it I didn’t want to start my morning with ANOTHER negative test result) and to my surprise I was pregnant, before making it to my OB No medications no help from the doctors nothing, my obedience to God was what brought my miracle boy that I am currently 21 weeks (5 weeks) pregnant with. So I am not only free from alcohol and weed but the desires of my heart are being fulfilled.  God is so real and he wants to bless you and make you whole. You just need to let go and let God.

Author: Shaylynn Boylan a member of Legacy Church 

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