Freedom From Bondage
Pride Versus Virtue
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Life was great until the summer of my ninth grade year; this is where it all began. I met Travis, the most popular guy in high school. He was in tenth grade and drove a candy apple red Transam. He was every high school girl’s dream and he chose who, you guessed it, me. Travis was my first real boyfriend; my first serious relationship. I had boyfriends’ before him, but we never talked. You know how it is when you tell your girlfriends’ in middle school that’s my boyfriend, but you never hold any type of conversation with him; you merely walk down the hallway with a childish grin on your face, as you see him passing by on the opposite side. Normally, the guy you claimed didn’t know; it was just between you and your girlfriends.’ However, this relationship was totally different from anything I had ever experienced. I met Travis during the summer of 1986, at my friend’s birthday party. He caught my eye while I was sitting down chatting with my girlfriends. As he advanced toward me the butterflies in my stomach suddenly flared up, my palms started sweating profusely, and my mouth watered like I had just sucked on a sour lemon. He walked over, sat down on the couch beside me, and immediately commenced to spitting much game. He articulated his intentions by carefully seducing me with his smooth slick talk. His lines were well calculated, and before I knew it he had me tranquilized by his conning and deceitful charm. You see Travis knew all the right things to say to capture a young inexperienced woman’s attention, and to put the icing on the cake; he was fine. He was tall, dark browned skinned with a nice Hawaiian Silky curl; yes I said curl, which was very popular during this time. In my eyes he was the perfect guy, he had it “going-on” and the best part; he was interested in me. We talked until the end of the party and as we were just about to part and go our separate ways, he asked the fortune five hundred question; “Can I have your number?” A smile came across my face so wide that anyone near me could have probably counted every tooth in my mouth. Without hesitation, I spouted off 777-5765, and we began talking. Our relationship grew serious in a matter of weeks; I was so excited that I decided to introduce Travis to my parents; big mistake. He came over one Sunday evening around
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Freedom from Bondage is a story about a young woman searching for her identity by engaging in destructive intimate relationships. Although these relationships did nothing for her self-esteem, she continued to search for men that seemed to possess the same domineering and chauvinistic characteristics which served not only as a distraction, but a mask which enabled her to avoid facing her own faults and weaknesses.
Because he was well dressed, looked distinguished, possessed all the right credentials, had a decent job and let’s not forget his calling into the ministry, she thought he had it all together. Oh but she was so wrong. Although he looked the part he didn’t possess the characteristics of a christ-like man, he was merely a wolf in sheep clothing and she was so easily caught up in his web of deception.
Freedom from Bondage illustrates the common mistakes women make when engaging in relationships. It challenges women to explore past relationships in which they identify how the relationship began and ended in order to measure characteristics of commonality. Freedom from Bondage is a powerful resource women can refer to when dating. It talks about the common red flags women ignore, and the weaknesses they possess. These issues more times than none tie women to men with the same brokenness. This novel teaches women how to be single at heart, divorcing past relationships, and striving to be true women of virtue. This is a story of a woman’s journey from a prideful and destructive past to a triumphant and virtuous future.
About the Author
Tanisha Hall is a thirty one year old first time author. She is a native of
Tanisha’s first love is the Lord. She developed a personal relationship with him in October 2000, and since the holy spirit transformed her life she has never been the same. She testifies about her life’s trials and how she triumphed through Jesus Christ. Tanisha’s personal experience is her evidence of how her heavenly father’s capacity is so great that he can mend any broken area in your life and replace it with his precious spirit. For you see her soul is truly anchored in the Lord and her prayer each day is that the Lord will order her steps and continue to teach her his ways. Ms. Hall walks according to James 1:22-25, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.” “Do what it says.” “Anyone who listens to the word but does not what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.” “But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-he will be blessed in what he does.
For over nine years she had looked in the mirror each day walking away and forgetting what she really looked like, but not this time. The Lord removed the blinders from her eyes, and she had the opportunity to really look at herself, and because she hated the person she saw in the mirror, she asked the Lord to Remake her and he answered swiftly. Not only did he remake her but he allowed her to use her own personal experiences to minister to his people through her book entitled Freedom from Bondage.