Living Shackled: Diaries of Shackles Removed

I was imprisoned by the shackles, and they had characterized an invisible fence around my heart and my mind. The shackles were dominating the cares of my life. There was a lustful power that the shackles were utilizing to keep me entangled in its midst. I couldn't see my way out even if I had tried. I was in complete bondage, and every part of me was shackled to destructive behavior. The shackles were powerful because they had cultivated over time, and they were strong, and there were many of them holding me captive. I was so angry with life and the circumstances that had taken place in my life that I couldn't even begin to learn how to control my behavior. My sanctuary that I had built was full of hatred and destruction. I had started to construct a critical inner voice, and it was like an internal coast that negatively undermined any goals that I started to make that were positive. I started to think that I would never become successful. I started to think that people were all out to get me. I started to criticize everyone that was around me. I found myself always searching for the bad in everyone. The voices in my head were telling me to go ahead and try to kill myself again. This time, I felt that I could make it happen; I would die. I didn't think about my children at all. I felt that they would be better off without me. I had been through too much, and this life didn't mean me any good. Then one day, I go over to my grandmother's house for a barbecue dinner, and the Avon lady was over there, selling my grandmother some bath soaps, and she invites me to church.

Pryor, R D

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Faith

I was imprisoned by the shackles, and they had characterized an invisible fence around my heart and my mind. The shackles were dominating the cares of my life. There was a lustful power that the shackles were utilizing to keep me entangled in its midst. I couldn't see my way out even if I had tried. I was in complete bondage, and every part of me was shackled to destructive behavior.The shackles were powerful because they had cultivated over time, and they were strong, and there were many of them holding me captive. I was so angry with life and the circumstances that had taken place in my life that I couldn't even begin to learn how to control my behavior.My sanctuary that I had built was full of hatred and destruction. I had started to construct a critical inner voice, and it was like an internal coast that negatively undermined any goals that I started to make that were positive. I started to think that I would never become successful. I started to think that people were all out to get me. I started to criticize everyone that was around me. I found myself always searching for the bad in everyone. The voices in my head were telling me to go ahead and try to kill myself again. This time, I felt that I could make it happen; I would die. I didn't think about my children at all. I felt that they would be better off without me. I had been through too much, and this life didn't mean me any good.Then one day, I go over to my grandmother's house for a barbecue dinner, and the Avon lady was over there, selling my grandmother some bath soaps, and she invites me to church.

Forty years of misery and loneliness come to an end when Ralph uttered the words, "If you are who they say you are, keep me from doing what I am about to do!" Coming to and finding his wheels six inches from a three-hundred-foot cliff began a journey like no other Ralph had ever experienced-the journey that took him deep in the bowels of prison, dealing with the very dregs of society, the lost souls that God still loved, and being tempted to strike out by the human side and given grace by God. Ralph didn't challenge God but requested to be shown the power of the Holy Spirit, asking as a small child would ask his father. If you have the tears, read this book.

Unwanted Child

West, Ralph

Kind Words: the glue that helps keep us together

Children's Books

Davenport, Jeni D

Growing Up & Facts of Life

When I arrived at the plantation, I had no idea how my world was about to change. It seemed like the old place was waiting on me to get here. I have come back to my childhood home to sell it. It has been many years since I was last at the plantation. Coming back opened a Pandora's box of memories, and it seems that all the demons I had never faced were waiting on me also. The events that followed my arrival would turn my world upside down. "Learning to Live Again" The Lesson book 2 will be out next year.

The Lesson

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Getrost, Randy

Mystery

One Summer Night is the title for my story about how two people met and fell in love. However, as it sometimes does, life can throw you a curve ball that you don't expect and are not prepared to deal with. This story is about how these two people went about dealing with the unexpected things that happened as they attempted to find each other no matter how long it took or where it took them to. I guess what I wanted to tell the reader is that no matter what happens in our lives, God will always have a hand in helping us as long as we never lose our faith in him. The best way I can describe it is by a picture I have of Christ reaching down into the water where I am struggling to survive and not drown as I reach up and look into his smiling eyes. Then I take his hand in mine, and he pulls me up into his arms. The only way to best describe that is with the term "divine intervention."

One Summer Night

Christian Books & Bibles

Sinclair Turner, David

Literature & Fiction

Madison Links, Hallie Jonshire, and Jamie Benson are the best of friends-that is, until troublemaker Taylor Nelson shows up. After Madison's journal is discovered by Taylor, the girls' relationship is tested. Will their friendship survive? Will Madison overcome her jealousy of Taylor? Read along as Madison pours her heart out to God in hopes of mending the situation before it's too late.

Madison's TELL-ALL Journal

Mollet, Christy

The Gem is a story about grief. It helps children process grief while reading an age appropriate story. This book opens up the conversation for parents and caretakers to embrace the concept that people are gifts from God, and that when we lose someone we love, it's heart breaking. Although the illustrations are focused on children, the main text applies to all ages.

The Gem

Letterle, Thomas

Religions

Do you have faith or strength to keep fighting? When Angela was diagnosed with leukemia, she thought that life, as she knew it, was over. She was faced with many trials and tribulations. Take a glimpse at her journey as she walks you through her most vulnerable moments. She becomes transparent while reliving her lowest and darkest points of her life. She feels her test has turned into a testimony that may help others who may be struggling with their faith. Angela wants the world to know that in the midst of your battles, whether it be physically, mentally, or spiritually, you should never give up and keep fighting because in the end, you will win!

Keep Fighting

Biographies & Memoirs

Rogers, Angela Colvin

Leaders & Notable People

Growing up in a strong Christian home, Jennifer Brewer's dream was to one day marry a good man and raise a family. When a disease attacked her body at age sixteen, part of that dream was made impossible. With a broken heart and a stiff resolve, Jenni decided that if she couldn't have all of her heart's desire, she would have none of it. When a would-be suitor would show interest in her, she would tactfully but firmly turn them away.
Now at the age of twenty-six, Jenni has her life of solitude in order. No attachments, therefore, no heartbreak. Until Tim Carlson moved to town. His immediate interest in her was apparent, but she quickly rebuffed him. Not expecting to see him again, she was totally surprised when he continued to come around. His kindness to her was a threat to the barricade that had been erected around her lonely heart.
Would she ever be able to trust her future to the man that wanted to share her life? Or would her crippling fear of rejection keep her from trusting anyone with her future, even God?

In the Potter's Hands

Gish, Debrah

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Books by Christian Faith

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Living Shackled: Diaries of Shackles Removed

Living Shackled: Diaries of Shackles Removed

Unwanted Child

Kind Words: the glue that helps keep us together

The Lesson

One Summer Night

Madison's TELL-ALL Journal

The Gem

Keep Fighting

In the Potter's Hands