I have so many things that I love about God, but one of my favorite things is how God can use anyone and turn it ALL around. I love how God reveals beauty out of brokenness and transforms tragedy into a Triumphant Testimony. If you are a believer of God and his word, you know that it is more than just words, or old stories. It’s living, breathing, and true. The word of God helps us to look at life differently and deal with life differently.
So our doubts, fears, mistakes, pains, and struggles become pillars and beacons of light to others. It’s beautiful when God’s glory is given to him the way he intends it to be. Kim Carter is yet another awesome story of trials and tribulations. Take a peek into the life of our courageous sister.
FEMI STAFF (Tyrane Hughes): “You have overcome a lot; tell me, what has this journey been like for you?”
Kim Carter: “Unbelievable! There are no words to describe my gratitude and knowing that God saw fit to ‘save me’. Coming from the darkest place where I felt the hopelessness and desperation to end life as I knew it, only to find out that it wasn’t until I was at my lowest that I looked for the Most High. Thirty years of being clean and sober, coupled with using my energy to help other women recover and regain HOPE. All that I went through from homelessness, incarceration, and addiction prepared me to help others escape that misery.”
FEMI STAFF: How did it feel knowing that Jennifer Hudson and Taraji P. Henson were captivated by your story?
Kim Carter: “Surreal! We often hear about rags to riches, but in my case, it was death to life. After I finally quit pinching myself, I began to have those conversations with Taraji, and I knew she was the REAL DEAL! I knew this movie was going to happen, but didn’t know who would play me. Lo and Behold, I’m on Zoom with Taraji and the DIVA, Jennifer Hudson is on there, and she’s ecstatic about the script and looking forward to helping the project in any way she could. I’m thinking to myself, ‘This woman just played Aretha Franklin, and now she’s playing me.’ I had the most amazing time on set, reveling in the fact that God was, again, using my mess to send His message. This film, ‘Tell It Like A Woman’, is an anthology of 7 women’s stories from across the globe. It’s bigger than me; it’s about women worldwide, and to think my story played a small part in shaping that narrative makes me so happy. In the words of Chiara Tilesi, the Visionaire behind the movement to bring authentic women’s voices to the screen, “It’s time for women to tell women stories where we are the subject, not the object.”
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