Part 6 – Why I Write What I Write: Truth-Telling Without Shame
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These words are shared for one purpose only: healing, awakening, and pointing people back to Christ. Nothing written here is to attack, condemn, or shame. It is testimony, not exposure. Revelation, not retaliation. Obedience, not outrage.
There is something I need to say at the very beginning of this journey, before you step into the raw, unfiltered pieces of my story that follow.
Some parts of what I share will be uncomfortable. They will touch on family wounds, betrayals, false accusations, broken relationships, and moments of heartbreak I once kept hidden for years. And I know how that can look from the outside. People may ask:
“Isn’t this airing dirty laundry? Isn’t this shaming?”
Let me say this clearly: I am not here to humiliate anyone. I am not here to dishonour, expose, or retaliate against any person involved in my past. I am here for one reason alone — to tell the truth about how God met me in the darkest places of my life and carried me into freedom.
For years, I stayed silent. I swallowed my voice. I shrank myself to fit into rooms and relationships that could never hold the weight of who God created me to be. But silence was never the call on my life.
From the beginning, the Lord marked me as a voice. A Daughter of Thunder. And when He awakened me prophetically, He gave me a clear instruction:
Tell the story. Tell the truth. I will use it to set captives free.
Scripture says, “Put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour, for we are all members of one body.” Truth is rarely tidy. It does not always feel polite. But truth carries light, and light exposes what darkness tries to keep hidden.
At the same time, I am deeply aware of the weight of my words. The Bible commands us to guard our tongues and to speak the truth in love. That is the posture I am choosing. I wrestled for a long time with what “honour your father and mother” means when relationships are unhealthy, manipulative, or destructive.
But honour is not the same as silence. Honour does not mean enabling. Honour does not require pretending something is wholesome when it is harmful. Honour means walking in truth with integrity, refusing to partner with deception, and releasing bitterness so justice belongs to God alone.
Yes, these entries are raw. They are vulnerable. They reveal dynamics many women live through but are too afraid to name. They shine light on how God used rejection, betrayal, false accusation, and loss as chisels in my transformation. Not to punish me, but to free me.
If you see yourself in these stories, hear me clearly: you are not crazy, and you are not alone. The very things the enemy used to silence me have become the testimonies God is now asking me to release, so that you can recognise His voice in your own wilderness.
I have counted the cost of sharing publicly. And I choose obedience over approval. Because at the end of my life, I do not answer to the opinions of people. I answer to the One who rescued me, refined me, anointed me, and gave me a voice that was never meant to stay quiet.
Scriptures to anchor this:
“Put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour.” ~ Ephesians 4:25
“Speak the truth in love.” ~ Ephesians 4:15
“Those who guard their lips preserve their lives.” ~ Proverbs 13:3
“Honour your father and your mother.” ~ Exodus 20:12
This is not shaming. This is truth. This is healing. This is obedience.
And in telling the truth, I am stepping into the fullness of who God intended me to be.
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Victoria Player is the founder of Daughter of Thunder, a movement awakening spiritually sensitive women to truth, purpose, and divine power in a world that’s lost its compass. After walking through her own season of fire and rebuilding, she now writes and speaks to those who sense there’s more — guiding them from confusion to clarity, from awakening to assignment.
“I don’t bow to Babylon — I walk with the Lion.” — Daughter of Thunder
