Excerpt from my new book Shackles – …..”The thought of having to tell anyone was unfathomable after working so hard to bury myself deep inside this exceptionally small box that had become my identity. I wanted more than anything to try and tear down the walls I had built, but I didn’t know how. As… Read more

    Excerpt of Shackles – …At this point, Satan was wreaking havoc on my mind, which led me to having suicidal thoughts. He somehow climbed in my head and made me think that my life meant so little that my friends and even my family would be better off without me.      I felt so… Read more

 Excerpt from Shackles – For the first time ever in my life I didn’t want to say, “I quit smoking. I quit drinking. Look what I did.” Instead I wanted to say, “Look what the Lord did for me!” I wanted to see how big He could get. I think I kept the Lord in… Read more

Excerpt from Shackles– I, like many people, was deceived by thinking that just because God was in my heart that the devil didn’t occasionally have my ear.  And to be honest, having my heart dedicated to Jesus but lending my ears to the devil is a definite way to live in complete confusion and chaos,… Read more

“I once was lost, but now I’m found” has a new meaning to me.  I remember so clearly after being away from the Lord and finding my way back to Him hearing a song by Mary Mary called, Shackles.  I didn’t typically listen to Christian music, but this song sounded different. The beat was obviously… Read more