A Marriage Rooted in Evil, Lust, Lies, and Money

By Raven Kane

God created marriage to be a beautiful, loving union between two people willing to make a lifelong commitment. Often, though, marriage goes wrong. Husband and wife turn on each other, and the ugliness of divorce threatens a happy home. In the case of author Raven Kane, her journey to divorce was much worse than many others.

Raven met Franklin and fell in love. They got married and had a child. Their lives seemed to be ideal, and Ravens faith in God grew as did her relationship with her husband. Yet, things are not always as they seem. Soon, it became apparent that Franklin was no longer the man she married; he was an adulterer, a liar, and he began to drink liquor heavy.

Things deteriorated rapidly, and Franklin even turned Ravens own daughter against her. When he ended up facing criminal charges, he pulled Raven into the mess. It seemed like things could not get any worse, yet Raven still had faith in a loving creator. Through the tribulations of a broken relationship, she learned it was impossible to build a marriage without God; it was impossible, even, to build a life without Him.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Feb 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9781491720684

Raven Kane

Raven Kane grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Although married for twenty-three years, she is now divorced. She has four children, and following her sister’s death, she adopted and raised her two children, too. She works at a hospital as a patient advocate.

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ISBN: 978-1-4917-2067-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4917-2069-1 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4917-2068-4 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014900462

iUniverse rev. date: 1/31/2014

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONCLUSION:

PSALM 91

If you find any errors throughout this book, please charge it to my head and not my heart.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank God for pressing me in my spirit to write this book, and giving me the knowledge and wisdom, to go forward. God was reminding me daily that he was there for me the entire time. I am so pleased that I kept my focus on the Lord, and my relationship was very intense and a personal one with him. I trust and believe God that no weapon formed against me shall prosper and he would deliver me out of this situation by my faith. I allowed him to use me in many areas of my life to be a witness and a light to his word. Although I had many tests, trials and tribulations I was facing. I continue to stay humble to be a blessing to others, and extend my hands to who needed me, and I knew needed my help. I would like to thank everyone for encouraging me to write and tell my story. There are so many other women that are facing domestic abuse in their life and marriage. You too! can be healed, delivered and set free. God is wonderful and you can come out feeling blessed as I did. I was always told by so many people, I had a way with words, writing and expression. Some of my family/friends or foes may say my book is cruel how can I air my business. Because the mere fact of it. It is true God brought me through it, and I am certainly not a shame of the truth and gospel. Thanking God for his covering over my life.

I also would like to give a warm thanks to everyone for their words of encouragement, those who kept me in prayer and took the time to listen and share, and have been so supportive to me. To my Church family leading me and enhancing my Spiritual growth and nurturing me in the Lord.

A special thanks to my belated Bishop and Church Mother: She was always excited and blessed to hear from me, always saying Sister: Raven you have a way with words and expressions. You sent the most beautiful card pertaining to any situation they were always uplifting and to the point.

To my Pastor: You assured me God knows what you going through and how much you can bear; hold on to God’s unchanging hand. He also took the time to meet with me and my husband at the church to counsel us.

Special thanks To Pastor Allan: My sincere thanks to you for taking time out. For all your spiritual wisdom, and insight and counseling you share with me. You guided me through God’s word with knowledge and understanding. I sincerely thank you for allowing God to use you so mighty as a mutual vessel to help me make the right decision, in hard times and despair. It has given me a brighter outlook into my future and spiritual growth as a woman in Christ.

To my Belated: Mother and Father: I am forever blessed to have two wonderful parents. I can call mom and dad; I miss you both greatly, and love you both with all my heart and soul. Because of you both I am the woman that I am, a strong warrior in the Lord being lead and directed by our holy father. Rest in peace, mom and dad until we meet again. I will always love you both, and I cherish all of those memories. The morals and values you place within me. I am forever grateful to you. Love you always.

To my Godmother: I am so blessed; you continuously went before the throne of grace on my behalf as a mother would do before our Holy Father, for her child. I am so ever grateful and bless to have you in my life.

To my Dearest Uncle: As you already know, you hold a very dear place in my heart, you came in to my life when I needed you the most, and stayed there. It’s a blessing to have an uncle like you. Saved and in the word of God to continue to feed, teach and nurture me into the right path for his name sake. What a blessing to have someone to correct me not only naturally but spiritual. I am so blessed to have had you so close to me. You step up as an uncle on behalf of my dad, as a leader of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

My beloved daughter: You are a blessing from God, you supported me through thick and thin, you loved me so much as my daughter and friend. The countless times you called expressing thoughts, feelings and prayers for me over the years in actions and words. I love you with all my heart.

To my Son’s: Thank you for standing in the gap in prayer and sincere words, for being my back bone when I needed you’ll the most. And showing me you genuinely cared and loved me. To My Grandchildren I Love you’ll my heart and prayers are with you forever. To the grandchildren’s mothers’ thank you, for conceiving my little ones you have added to my blessings and enriched my life.

My beloved Sister: You prayed, without ceasing and shedding many tears for me. You stayed on the phone with me talking about everything from serving God too staying faithful, in my walk in these last an evil days. Jehovah is with you.

To my Brother: You have supported me through the rough times and hit the pavement with me, to face all the evil that was being place upon me. You also made sure I was in a comfortable state of mind.

To my Evangelist and Sister in Christ: Who directed me to the church where I accepted the Lord? And nurtured me from a baby in Christ until I was able to stop drinking milk in the word of God, I also want to thank you for being an intercessor for me. You’re Kind words of wisdom support and your love, leading me in my journey and my walk as a Christian and paving the way for my spiritual foundation.

To my Spiritual Mother Mattie: That blessed me abundantly and encourage me in the word of God, to look to the hills which cometh my help. She always told me to keep my eyes on the mark of the prize of the high calling in Jesus. Don’t look to the left, nor the right, keep my focus and press on. The lines of communication to reach her are always open and said. Call Mother anytime you need me daughter. I thank God for blessing mother with the amazing gift of being able to interpret dreams spiritually. She also interpreted some of mines and said.’ Trust in him. She is a strong woman in God, Mother, Pastor, Grandmother and leader in the gospel, a special friend with the love of God’s own heart. God forever bless you, and keep you, I appreciate you, and all you’ve done.

To my best friend: Ella and Sister in the Christ: Who accepted the Lord in her life also. Joined me shortly thereafter at my Church. She has truly been an inspiration in my life, we fellowshipped, worship and praise God together. I was so blessed because we had one thing in common we love the Lord. I love you for the many times we study and prayed together and the bond we had enjoying ourselves serving God. Our mini tutorial class over the phone, most of the time went into the night, to be started back up the very next day. Repairing some of the problems, and enhance my computer to function properly. I am so blessed we stay together over 24 yrs a true women of God. When found ourselves so hungry and thirsty for the word we would join one another after our service was finished. And proceed to our baby Church. To: My second Spiritual Mother and Father.