April 8, 2008
“I Felt Forgiven”
An Igniteyourfaith.com exclusive interview with Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf
by Todd Hertz
In an igniteyourfaith.com interview, IYF editor Todd Hertz talked to Lacey about her past and her faith.
What were your teen years like?
I was dealing with a lot with low self-esteem and depression, and I kind of hated myself a lot. I think that spilled over into relationships with other people. I hated everybody. So my home life was a bad situation. To get away from it, I started doing drugs when I was 13. At 16, everything came to a head. I had to move away from home because my mom and I were fighting every day. We were fighting verbally and physically. It was very violent. And so I had to move away and go live with my grandparents.
When I moved there I lost the ability to use drugs like I had before. I didn’t have a hook up. Along with that, I really missed my brothers and sisters. I loved them very much and had been taking care of them ever day—now, I didn’t see them at all. I also lost the boyfriend I had for three years. Honestly, I lost my reason for waking up every day.
Did you go to church at all?
My grandmother went to church. She didn’t force me to go to church at first, because I really didn’t want to go. I was so outspoken about not believing in God. I had real problems with Christians. I hated anyone who I felt didn’t know what it was like being me. Anyone who seemed to not have experienced what I did seemed naive to me. Anyone who seemed to be really happy seemed fake to me—especially Christians. They just turned me off real bad. . .
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