ABOUT THE BOOK
I have experienced homelessness. Twice. The first time was when, as a teen, I was forced out of my home in the barrio (neighborhood) of San Antonio’s West Side. I fell into the hands of unscrupulous and shady characters who promised me love, only to discover dead ends and empty promises. The second time, after becoming a Christian, was when I had to flee for safety from an abusive relationship. Although similar in nature due to the traumatic and painful events, both were quite different. In the first, I had no one to depend upon to help me in the spiritual sense. In the second, those days were also filled with terror as in the first case; however, I had Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I began to trust Him more and looked to Him to help me get out of that heart-wrenching time. I believed I wasn’t alone.
With homelessness and its insidious partner hopelessness, I became entangled in a never-ending cycle of despair and defeat. After years of living aimlessly and without purpose, I invited Jesus Christ into my heart upon hearing of our heavenly Father’s incomparable love and care for me through His Son. Slowly, I began to learn of the many ways He sees me as His cherished and beloved child. He will not discard me, as others have done, to fend for myself. Through these experiences, I have discovered that He does not want any of us, who are created in His image, to live beneath our Godgiven dignity or to create self-inflicted pain that destroys and disregards our worth and beauty as His creation.
