Building Beauty Out of Ashes

To console those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.” NKJV

On December 30th, 2022, I released my book “Building Beauty Out of Ashes.” I wanted to share a little about the book. A few years before I began writing, God kept nudging me to write what I was my inner healing experiences from my journal entries. I had already had my blog site up and running. After a few months of blogging, I got complacent and stopped blogging. I just kept writing in my journals and stopped there. I started to learn a lot about myself, and God had shown me a lot about my journey of inner healing after the divorce. Many of us know that God will always use our pain and brokenness to bring healing and glory to His name when we share what God did amid our pain. As I would share my knowledge of what I went through during my divorce and how I was healing, I would be encouraged by many to write a book. I took it as an Okay God, I hear you.

I struggled a bit with the thought that I would have to share intimate details about my life, my marriage, and the divorce. A part of me did not want to. I felt shame about what happened, and I honestly did not want people to know what happened during my divorce. I fought the idea of writing the book for months. But, if God calls you to it, you better obey. I said, “Okay, God, but you need to help me because this will not be easy!” I researched and found a book coach and publisher whom God put in my path. I began to write. God helped me to understand that the book was to be written to help anyone who is facing what I faced. My journey of inner healing was to shed light on what God can do when we allow Him to rebuild us after we have faced betrayal, divorce, and emotional trauma. Even if just one person reads the book and helps them heal and understand their journey, it accomplished what it was meant to do. Which is to glorify God.

In writing the book it helped me to still heal in areas I was still struggling. In those moments of sharing my pain, God met me and helped me to write as He comforted me. Many times, I would write with tears coming down my face as I released the pain of all the hurt. I could also feel God’s love encourage me to keep going. Building Beauty out of Ashes is about God revealing to me the deep wounds I carried that steamed from childhood up to the divorce with my husband. God wanted me to share how healing can come even when we face betrayal from those we love. I share my journey of finding inner healing in God’s word. God wants to restore all of us and rebuild us by removing all that hurts us deeply. God is faithful and will replace our ashes with His beauty which is His unconditional love for us. We all have a story to tell, a testimony to share and a book to write.

If you are interested in grabbing a copy of my book, it is available for purchase on Amazon. Click link below.

https://a.co/d/bBfrvMo