When faced with life’s uncertainties and letdowns, we often turn to our faith for support and encouragement. We go to places of worship, listen to sermons, read the Scriptures, we listen to hymns and worship songs, we attend small-group ministries, and so on. But what happens when we are faced with uncertainties and letdowns with our mind? When depression weighs our heart and anxiety troubles our mind, we unknowingly send our self into a downward spiral of self-loathing, emptiness, and persistent sadness. What if during these trying times we find comfort, rest, and assurance in biblical promises? Within these pages is an honest account of Jezanie Warjri’s personal struggle with depression and anxiety and the beginning of her search for healing and acceptance through the Scripture. It’s not theological reasoning that this book offers you. It’s not how simple faith and relentless prayers can help you overcome depression and anxiety. It is finding hope, assurance, comfort, and renewal in the words and promises of the Bible. This book is about finding God in the midst of the chaos.

Life is filled with swift transitions. It forces us into a paradigm shift. Survival depends on our ability to open our minds and change our reality. In the midst of it all, we must walk away from negative thinking and become assured of the fact that God has not brought us this far to leave us. He has designed us to succeed. The answer to our problems is usually right in front of us. We must train our minds to become aware of the little things that can become inspiring, like washing dishes. I have a whole chapter devoted to just that. Your dream can become a reality when you realize that all things are possible to him that believes. No matter how big your dream is, you can achieve in the midst of it all.

The friends, three professional women and a no nonsense older woman, sat near each other in church. At the Reverend's direction the congregation stood and bowed their heads for prayer. Joy Stanton, an executive assistant, divorcee, and single mom, asked God's forgiveness for the mistakes and misjudgments that changed her role from custodial parent to weekend mom. Leanne Hilliard, a married college professor, prayed for a little girl of her own. She also asked God to mend her broken marriage and to forgive her for the lover she was going to meet as soon as the service was over. Vanessa Becker, a cute, sexy Ad exec, was uncomfortable in the long-sleeved dress she was wearing on this warm Sunday, but it covered the black and blue bruises on her arms. She asked God to make her live-in boyfriend see how much she loved him so the abuse would stop. Doretha Muncie was an older woman who sat two pews up. She said her Amen, and resumed her seat. Her prayer was always the same-she asked God's forgiveness for breaking one of His commandments. The sixth one.

The author Dorothy Dickerson invites her readers to come along with her as she embarks on journeys that even she didnaEUR(tm)t know were going to take some surprising and shocking turns for the worst as she travelled along the way. The journeys traveled by the author started out as being fun and exciting, but then, she found herself traveling down dark and dreary pathways. Sometimes it seems like it was to the point of no return, and there was no way out. Abuse in forms of economic, physical, sexual, social, and emotional was all experienced during the authoraEUR(tm)s path. Have you ever stared death in the face and had no time to run or walk away from it? Well, the author has been there. Oh but, by the grace and mercy of God, she survived. The grace of God brought her back. Hallelujah! The author lived to tell her story, and she wanted everyone who feel hopeless in their situation to know that there is hope. Prayer works, and God does answer prayer. There is no fun in being scorned, abused, neglected, and abandoned. The author has experienced it all by the very persons who she thought who loved her the most. Due to the authoraEUR(tm)s experiences, she developed hatred in her heart to the point where she contemplated on hiring someone to commit a crime for her. The pressure of life had gotten so hard until the author had suicidal thoughts of self-harming and of killing herself. When the pressure of life seems to weigh you down, just look unto God who undoubtedly will bring you out. Please know there is victory in the midst of all your trials and tribulations, and you donaEUR(tm)t have to travel your journey alone. There is light at the end of the tunnel! There is peace in the valley! The author would like to invite you to try Jesus. Jesus is the answer to every situation!

After thirty years of being in an unhealthy relationship and marriage, Ruth Gold decided that she had had enough. She went through many years of ups and downs with her husband regarding hope, love, religious beliefs, and having children. Despite all the challenges she endured, she stayed in the marriage until she gained the strength to pick herself up and leave. Ruth Gold hopes that by sharing her testimony, she will encourage women of all ages who are dealing with the same kinds of problems to be able to seek a relationship with God, who will lead and direct them in living a happier and healthier life. In Finding Me in the Midst of It All, Ruth Gold discusses about choosing the wrong mate, settling for a relationship despite what you know or find out, surviving adulterous affairs and children born from those affairs, breaking the cycle of repeated affairs, feeling as if you are trapped with no way out, and most of all, establishing a relationship with God and following his voice instead of a man’s.

Experiencing God's Victory in the Midst of Adversity "A Testimonial Harvest" O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. I shall not die, but LIVE, and declare the works of the LORD. The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD'S doing; it is MARVELOUS in our eyes (Psalms 118). Most adversities come at us like a tsunami. It comes in and dismantles the core of our livelihood. However, despite the adverse circumstances and deep pain we all have endured at some point in our lives, God is still there in the midst of it all. Are you tired of the adverse circumstances in your life? God will see you through. Are you shattered and broken? God will see you through. Have you lost your job? God will see you through. Have you lost a love one? God will see you through. This book is written to inspire you about the great testimonies of how God has delivered me and many others through our trials. If He can do it for us, He is able and willing to give you the victory also, for the battle belongs to the Lord. In the midst of you experiencing hard times, God can bless you with a "Harvest of Abundance." This is not the end, but a new beginning for you. Giving up is not an option, because God hasn't given up on you. No matter how big the trial might be, God is bigger than any situation in your life. So Relax! Relate and Release into the loving arms of the Lord as you experience His unconditional love throughout this book.

This well-researched and theoretically informed book examines the nature and function of the main female characters in the nine novels of Machado de Assis. Earl Fitz argues that Machado had a particular interest in female characterization and that his fictional women became increasingly sophisticated and complex as he matured and developed as a writer and social commentator. Machado developed, especially after 1880 (and what is usually considered the beginning of his "mature" period), a kind of anti-realistic, "new narrative," one that presents itself as self-referential fictional artifice but one that also cultivates a keen social consciousness. Fitz concludes that Machado increasingly uses his female characterizations to convey this social consciousness and to show that the new Brazil that is emerging both before and after the establishment of the Brazilian Republic (1889) requires not only the emancipation of black slaves but the emancipation of its women as well.

This is not a book for the faint- hearted. This topic effects every one of us whether we realize it or not- and it is one that the writer crafts with honor. It is an explosively heart-rendering "must read" that deals with the residuals of severe child abuse and the squalid monsters who commit such horrendous acts- monsters who hide among us all. Catherine's brutal honesty is commendably brave-She spares nothing in order to get her message across for her readers to get the full feeling of the story. With keen empathy and vibrancy, Catherine takes you on a journey of finalizing contingent and prevailing wisdom. The reader is taken into the lives and the sensations of such victims with specific ardor. Her handling of the topic sets the readers feet onto the very misbegotten path that these unfortunate people were unwillingly cast onto. And she does it with such openly harsh tact. She artfully commends all victims into their rightful place by giving validating insight into the makings of the deep scars and the mechanisms that protrude into their lives. Some might view this book as a type of thriller or horror tale by way of its purely raw depiction of a sincere truth. The horizon is drawn via a variety of delicately captured candidness. You will tingle and sensate from this depiction of human-ugliness at it's best. The words may rip through you, but you will undoubtedly reach a poignant climax by the travels you go on with her main character. Catherine has succeeded in outlining the nefarious nature that brings about the subject with colorful detail in this creative non-fiction novel. You will not be able to put it down.