This
book is classified as "inspirational" and it truly is
inspirational.  I have read a lot of
self-help, motivational, and inspirational books, but this one ranks as one of
the best I have ever read.  Most books
tell you how to pull yourself up by the bootstraps and occasionally that might
work, at least for a while.  But this
book shows us how to make real, true changes that will last for a lifetime.

Gloria takes us back to the start and shows us that
the problems in her life were, and are, not due to a poor home life.  The only incident that she remembers that
could have started her on the road to rebellion was a run-in with one of her
teachers.  While she may be right, and
that could have been her starting point, we all have a starting point to
rebellion simply because we choose one. 
Rebellion is born in our hearts and will play out in our lives unless we
give our hearts to the Great Physician to be made whole.

To
come from a good home and still become the slave to narcotics is not
strange.  Sin makes one a slave no matter
what form it takes.  Some forms are just
more visible than others.  Gloria sheds
all pretenses and lays her inner-self bare in this book in order to show us
that it is not her righteousness that brought about her release.  She sought God and accepted his payment for
her sins, as we must all do in order to really become free.  He leads her, step by step, back into the
light.  This book explains some of the
lessons she learned on that journey.

Several
of the lessons really hit home with me. 
One is that "We think only we can solve our problems and those of
everyone around us.  Two things are
certain (1) There is a God  (2) You’re
not Him."  Or, as I read it to
myself, "There is only one God, and it ain’t me".  Another point that specifically hit home to
me was, "You always have the choice to learn from your mistakes or
continue to repeat them."  How
true!  "I knew that whatever came
my way while I was in the care of God, He had already looked over and allowed
it to come.  I could relax now.  The focus shifted from my distrust of man to
a total reliance on God."  Perfect
peace.

The
lessons get even better as the book continues. 
I won’t share the best because you really need to read this book and
learn the lessons for yourself.  This is
not just a book I recommend; it is a MUST READ book.  If you take that advice, your life will likely never be the same
again.

© 2003 Barbara
Wright

Barbara Wright is a former Director of Human Resources
with Master’s Degrees in Human Resource Planning and in Organizational
Behavior.  The last 15 years of experience have been in the
Telecommunications Industry.  She has a wide variety of reading
interests and is a member of Reviews International Organization
(RIO).  

Note that this book is not available from Amazon.com. It is available through iUniverse.com

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