The Illusion Is Not The Conclusion: My Victorious Journey

By Paulette Ravenel-Woodside

The 1st edition of "The Illusion Is Not The Conclusion", shares the Author's journey through two bouts of cancer and a flesh-eating bacteria. This republishing and 2nd edition provides the details of the third bout (2 years ago) which was designed to complete the battle between faith and fear which began over ten years ago in her "Victorious Jou

• Language: English
• Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
• Release date: Mar 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9781647536565

Paulette Ravenel-Woodside

Paulette Ravenel-Woodside is an elder and the youth pastor of Kingdom Culture Dominion/S.C.H.O.O.L. Ministries, Inc., Hempstead, New York; the wife of Apostle Basilel Woodside, mother of five children, 21 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; former leasing manager of a 1,689 residential property in New York City; licensed New York State broker of Paulette R. Woodside Realty; and the Co-host to the esteemed Apostle Dr, Emma McDuffie, Tabernacle of Faith, FL, on the daily Lifeline Prayer Ministries which spans across the U.S.

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Chapter 1 The Illusion

Chapter 2 Seasons Change

Chapter 3 Recognizing My Purpose

Chapter 4 Choices

Chapter 5 I Decided to Make Jesus My Choice

Chapter 6 The Day of Reckoning

Chapter 7 The Day I’ll Go Became a Reality

Chapter 8 My Assignment Revealed

Chapter 9 Spiritual Warfare

Chapter 10 Victory in Speaking God’s Word

Chapter 11 Homebound Revelations

Chapter 12 Lord, Please Order My Steps

Chapter 13 Lord, I Need Your Continued Direction!

Chapter 14 The Reason Why I Write

Chapter 15 That Devil Is Crazy

Chapter 16 Never Letting Go of My Faith

Chapter 17 The Illusion Is Not the Conclusion

Chapter 18 Oh No! Not Again!

Chapter 19 Trusting My God

Chapter 20 The Conclusion

Part 2 - Yet Another Illusion, Still Not The Conclusion

Healing Scriptures

Family Pictures

DEDICATION

I am dedicating this book to my daughter,

Ditashiah Monique who has been battling kidney disease. I thank God for her faith in knowing that through what I have gone through, she

can be assured that God is true to His Word:

To My Darling Daughter, Ditashiah,

As you have gone through countless treatments of dialysis for the past three years, I believe that the

manifestation of your new kidneys are soon to come as memories of how the doctors were confounded when my Daddy, Paul Cailup Ravenel, Sr., your Granddad, miraculously received a new kidney while he was in the hospital over 30 years ago.

I know that if God did it before, He will do it again!

Just hold on and don’t let go of your faith! Thank

God ahead of time for your healing! See yourself as God sees you, completely healed, by the Blood of Jesus! Your wonderful new husband, Corey, and your beautiful children, Courtney, Michael & Madison need you. I love you so much baby girl! Don’t let go as you hold onto your faith in our God who cannot fail!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE special thanks to my husband, Pastor Basilel Woodside (my Woody), who, from the moment of his knowledge of My Victorious Journey, stood by me with loving compassion and total loyalty as an example to all men who vow to love and to cherish their wives in sickness and in health, for better or for worse, until death do us part! Woody, your determination to never leave my bedside as you bathed, nursed, and loved me through an ordeal that would take away one of the sweetest pleasures of our marriage was inspiring. As you protectively and patiently slept at the bottom of the bed, watching over me even as you slept, ensuring that you did not hurt me, I knew you loved me then. I think of how you wanted to identify with my baldness by shaving your head, and I thank you!

To the memories of my loving parents, the late Paul and Virginia Ravenel, (my hero and Shero) who had the patience to serve as examples to all of their children on how to trust God in all of our ways, knowing that He will direct our paths. To the memories of the three losses that helped prepare me for my victorious journey—my loving mother, Virginia Ravenel; my precious and loyal sister, Diane Ravenel, and daughter-in-law, Cassandra Norris; in memory of my dear, only brother, Paul Ravenel, II; my darling sisters, Emma, Julia (prayer partner), as well as Sheila and Thomasha (both at my bedside); to my loving friend, Francis Farmer (who waited in the hospital with my husband for thirteen and a half hours); my wonderful children in New York, Vernon and Ditashiah (who literally mothered me in the hospital); my loving children in the Bahamas, Deroy, Kira & Dwight, and Turks and Caicos Islands, Daryl & Shena; all of my grandchildren, especially the recently married ones, Vernon and Candice Norris (who nursed and cared for me when I came home from the hospital), Cailup (Lisa), Ashleigh (William), Abria, Ananda, Myles, Courtney, Michael, and Madison; my daughter-in-law, Carolyn Norris; all of my nieces and nephews; my cousins Bishop and Eva Woodside, who made sure that their daughters, Charmise Desire and Regina Williams (who washed my feet), were around since they were miles away; my cousins Dorothy Govan, Samuel Ravenel (and their children), Maxine Briley, Linda Brown, Arnold Brown, and Jackie Squire; my loving praying church family, S.C.H.O.O.L. Ministries (Usher Jackie Crawford’s delicious meals); my three precious, praying aunts, Lindora Brown, Sarah Prioleau, and Annie Mae Squire; Uncle Lee Bryant; Sharon Levy, my co-worker who proved to be a real friend by taking the time to fill in for me at work; the memory of my friend, Susan Bernstein (who lost her battle to cancer); Susan Kellerman, Veronica Tyler, Roxanne Hawkins Helena Hillian and Co-Pastor Brenda Mackie for your continuous encouragement about The Illusion Is Not the Conclusion; my countless family and friends who prayed for me all over the world, and especially to the medical staff who qualified to be on God’s Team, – Thank you!

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FOREWORD

IT ISN’T OFTEN THAT YOU hear from people who have disarmed Cancer. Paulette has used the wisdom of faith and an indefatigable trust in God to remove the fear and disarmed her most formidable foe. "The Illusion Is Not The Conclusion" tells the story of this most incredible epic journey. Her journey began amidst the passing of loved ones and the rising broadcast of the potency and casualty of Cancer.

There is an immense ministry of strength in "The Illusion Is Not The Conclusion." Paulette shares with her readers and audience how to stand when the odds are stacked against you. She does not deny the success of medicine, but has often cautioned the doctors that they themselves were only the tools of a greater physician. Her message of hope and confidence in God removes doubts and fears. One of her favorite lines is For God hath not given us the spirit of fear…. (2 Timothy 1:7 KJV) She