For years I lived my life feeling and thinking that I wasn't worth anything, that i'm not valuable, wanted or loved, because of the trials and tribulations I had endured. Those were the lies I kept believing. I kept asking myself, How can I still be living? Why am I still here? What is my purpose? Until one day God gave me my answers and said you are still here because of the blood of my son that was shed on the cross, you are still here because you have a story to tell and someone needs to know your story. Your purpose is to encourage as many hurting and discouraged individuals so that they may draw near to me the God who is the source of their strength, who gives grace to overcome, who forgives so that they may learn to forgive themselves and other. The God who loves them, so that they may learn to love themselves and others. though painful the trials and tribulations were in my life from my youth on into my adult life, I can't help now to appreciate them. Because of them i can say they are what shaped me into the woman i am today. God has truly been my source he loved me through my pain, healed my brokenness and helped me to overcome. I can't go a day without giving him thanks and praise, so I pray that you who read the pages of this book receive the same. Your life is worth living and you are more valuable than you think, you are loved and you to can be healed and delivered from the brokenness you have experienced in your hearts and soul.