We recently connected with Venus Covington and have shared our conversation below.

Venus , appreciate you joining us today. So let’s jump to your mission – what’s the backstory behind how you developed the mission that drives your brand?

The story behind me having compassion for those who are on drugs and abused and battered woman and children is because I was bitter angry. Hurting inside because I was molested as a child by a family member and couldn’t tell nobody. I was rejected from birth, rejected from family and friends. I was rapped as a teenager and couldn’t tell anyone I was afraid that I was gonna get blamed and told it was my fault. I was being abused by my Mother. I was mentally and physically abused also by men. I was rejected by my parents. family and friends. I started using drugs (marijuana, pills, cocaine and crack) to take away all the hurt and pain I felt inside. I needed that pain to go away. One night I almost died from an overdose. I knew I was dying I could feel my feet, toes and ankles getting cold as I laid on that hospital bed hooked up to monitors. This male nurse with a bronze complexion and a blinding white nurses uniform came to me and whispered in my ear to pray and he said you need to really pray. I started praying like I hadn’t prayed before and I asked God to please let me live and not die. I promised Him that I would never use drugs again. After some hours I called for the nurse, a female nurse came in and I asked for the male nurse. She said they didn’t have a male nurse. I said a mail nurse came to me I asked the woman laying in the hospital bed next to me didn’t she see the male nurse and she said no male nurse came in the room. I know that it was an Angel from the Lord that came to me, After (3) hours I unhooked myself and walked out never looked back and stopped using drugs. I wanna share my story to help those who are on drugs those who are abused and those who feel like they wanna give up. If God can do it for me I know He can do it for them.

Venus , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am a Prophtess and very active in Church. I am 68 years old, married, I have (2) beautiful Daughters both married. I have (11) Grandchildren and (6) Great Grandchildren. I have been through physical. emotional and spiritual abuse for many years. Turned to drugs and almost died from drugs. Contemplated committing suicide, was homeless several times as a young girl and as an adult. My compassion is helping abused and battered woman and children, drug addicts and homeless people. I became a certified life coach so that I can help those that have been misjudged, misused, abused. called misfits to get to there God given purpose. I wanna let them know that there not alone and I wanna help them not only survive but thrive. I am very proud of the help and resources that I can provide to those in need. I want potential clients to know that they can contact me on Instagram or Facebook at prophetsscovington .

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

As a young girl I was molested by a family member, as a teenager I was rapped, I was rejected from birth, rejected from parents. family and friends. This caused me to start using drugs. It started with marijuana and ended with cocaine and crack. One night I over dosed was taken to the hospital. Heart rate going up and down, hooked to monitors. After laying there for awhile I had a visitation from a man with a bronze complexion in a blinding white nurses uniform. He came and whispered in my ear that I needed to pay, and really pray and mean it. I began to pray like never before. I asked God to let me live and not die. I could feel my feet and ankles getting cold. I kept praying and I promised God that if He let me live I would not use drugs anymore. After I finished praying I asked could I speak to the male nurse. A female nurse came in she told me they didn’t have a male nurse. I asked the woman in the hospital bed next to me didn’t she see him she said no that no nurse had come in there. I knew that I had a visitation from the Lord. After laying there (3) hours I unhooked myself got up walked out and I never took drugs after that. That was my wake up call. I’m so grateful to God that He saved me.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

A lesson that I had to unlearn was that taking drugs and getting high was not my way out. I was wounded on the inside and all dressed up on the outside. I learned that drugs wasn’t the answer to my problems, my hurt, my pain, my depression, my stress. God was the answer. He was all that I needed and He was the only one that could and would bring me out.

Contact Info:

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