Journeys to Love - Revised continues the saga of people being healed after a lifetime of abuse, as they discover and accept the truth about God's love. Walk beside them over the next four years as they begin to learn the reasons for their survival and why God said to them; "I will love you with an everlasting love and I will heal you. Your wholeness will be found in Me not as the world understands wholeness, but as I give it. You will remain a multiple for My purposes because each of you will have a testimony to give about My power to heal and receive all who come to Me." These people will struggle through life's most imposing questions facing all of us. What is God's definition of a person: body, mind, soul and spirit? Does the soul exist in two dimensions at the same time and live beyond death of the physical body? Why does God save them, only to allow them to continue to suffer physically, emotionally and spiritually in this world? Why is evil so adamant in attempting to break their relationship with God in Jesus Christ? Can they trust God enough to survive in a world that doesn't accept them?
Recorded in the words of those persons' experiencing them, some of life's hardest issues are investigated, illustrated and documented in these books; spiritual warfare, clergy abuse, Satanic Ritual Abuse, evil in everyday life, spiritual healing and the reality of the power of the Kingdom of God at work in and around us. As the author of this series and a pastor & counselor specializing in spiritual issues, I include a running commentary of their journey as a clinical study of their journey with their first counselor and then with me. I include definitions of terms used for understanding the care given them and what we learn together about God's love, healing, plans and will for all of His children. How God chooses to reveal His love and power, while confronting evil in the midst of their pain and suffering, through forgiveness, mercy and truth will challenge your concepts of Him and His love.
Our purpose in these books is not to focus on understanding their experiences, my understanding of them or their "disorders", but to help all those going through similar struggles in search of hope and healing to see and hear how Jesus responds to their needs and why... to know that God in Jesus Christ is trustworthy and true to fulfill His good plans for us all. While this book covers the next 4 years, I have updated the information shared in the prefaces and prologues of both books to include new understanding of these issues learned over the 24 years of my counseling relationships with hundreds of clients / friends and their journeys to know who God is and why He loves them...and why we can trust Him.
However, these additional personal stories will be revealed in a new series without any added commentary by me: the Loved Back to Life Series released in May 2020. Our hope with this new series is the same as with the Shattered People Series, that our readers will have more opportunities to know and trust our Heavenly Father's ongoing and unconditional love for them.
"For I know the plans that I have for you, ' declares the Lord, 'to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11