"Granny's Gift," in Relation to me

Recently, I began sharing my testimony, and how the idea for my book, "Granny's Gift," came about.   There were many instances when I really thought my life was really hard, and it was.  It made no sense, sometimes.  I was abused, as a child, and then there was abuse in two of the most precious people in my life.  It was after their abuse, that I finally began on my own journey to healing.  Until then, I had neatly hidden it away pretending I was alright.  I really wasn't.  The emotions came bursting out, upon learning of their abuse.  My journey to healing was a long and painful one, but I can now truly say that, I am now complete in Christ. 

In my book, Leslie made a choice to take time out of her career to care for her Granny, who had taken care of her.  In doing so, she received her own redemption, and lasting change in her own life. 

Day after day, there are many events in our lives that shape where we find ourselves now, some are due to our decisions, and others because the decisions of others.  However, if we look carefully, we can see that somehow God is trying to speak to us, and to make us whole, in the process.

Although painful at the time, I can now look back and see, that God was going to great measures to bring redemption to me, in the same way, the fictitional character, Leslie, looked back and saw that through the events of her life, that God was trying to restore her, and to bring her back in the fold, going to great measure to do so.

 ^"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
(Matthew 18:11-14 KJV)