Beauty for Ashes
Transformed Through God's Love
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Liberation The divorce was final and I was now a “statistic”, another divorced, mother of two. While I should have been rejoicing for my freedom, I found myself feeling ashamed. I really felt “worthless” because how could someone divorce a “woman of God”. I believe one of the primary reasons that I did not want to get divorced was because we had been married for over tens years before I became a Christian. I had learned so much since becoming “saved”. I realized that although I was never unfaithful to him, I still had not been the virtuous woman. As I mentioned before I had a problem with gambling and saving money, which caused a lot of problems in our marriage. So I wanted to show him the “new and improved, spirit-filled” me. I felt that I was letting the Lord down because this man had divorced me. One day when I was really feeling down about the divorce, I began communing with the Lord. Suddenly I felt the presence of the Lord come into my room. During prayer I was lead to the Bible scripture that says “But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace” (1 Corinthian 7:15). Oh this blessed my soul so much. I finally realized that I did not need to feel guilty or ashamed. The man no longer wanted me and he had moved on. I said “oh well, it’s his loss”. I continued to spend time with the one person that loved me and had always been there for me. My Lord and I were inseparable.
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“Beauty for Ashes: Transformed Through God’s Love” is a brief memoir of a young woman who married for all the wrong reasons. It chronicles hurt, shame, and pain in the author’s union, which started all too soon. At the age of nineteen a young woman puts her trust in a man who betrays that trust from the onset and throughout their marriage. Once reality set in, it was too late; she was “stuck” in a marriage riddled with abuse and infidelity. Her desire to hang on to her idea of family caused her to endure both mental and physical anguish. Suffering from feelings of low self- esteem she believed this was the life she was destined to live. It was only through finding and developing a relationship with Jesus Christ that she was able to find “true love”. After making the decision to let God reign over her life, she eventually learned to forgive and move ahead. Her relationship with Jesus would sustain her past all the hurt, pain, and shame. She became empowered to move past a tumultuous marriage that she once thought would destroy her.
About the Author
Torra Harris is a mother of two sons, DeVonte and Keinte Harris. She is a native of Palm Beach County, FL and currently resides in Hillsborough County, FL. She loves traveling and spending time with her family. She is the youngest of nine siblings of which four are deceased. She has an Associate degree in Nursing from Palm Beach Community College. She has worked as a nurse for 14 years, six of those years as a HIV/AIDS nurse. A job she enjoyed because it afforded her the opportunity to share the Good News with many that were experiencing great despair. One of her passions in life is ministering to the broken hearted through the Word of God. This passion encouraged her to pursue a degree in Christian Counseling. She holds a Bachelor of Art degree in Christian Counseling from ABM University & Theological Seminary. Her love for people, especially hurting women became the catapult to share her own story.