Steppin' Stones: A 31 Day Journey Toward Victory for the Abused and Rejected

By Debi Garcia Ferry

Stepping Stones is a day book filled with fresh and humorous insight into the trials and tribulations of life.

Through a wry wit, Debi has managed to turn some somber thoughts into vital insights. You will be refreshed, reinforced and given renewed hope via this devotional.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 6, 2007
• ISBN: 9781465324863

Debi Garcia Ferry

Debi Garcia Ferry has been active in the local church since she came to know Christ as her savior in 1987. Starting as a Nursery Worker, she eventually successfully pioneered the first single parent ministry in Hosanna Christian Fellowship, in NYC in 1991. In 1992, Debi testified in a hearing at in New York City. that ultimately resulted in the changing of laws in favor of and for the purpose of protecting abused spouses. She has subsequently served as Deacon, Bible Study Leader, Singles Leader, Church Secretary, Sunday School Teacher and once having been Ordained; Missionary Minister to Alaska for 5 months. Debi holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theology and has studied and practiced Biblical Counseling in various forms to Women wherever and whenever the Lord has led her. Currently, Debi resides with her husband and her cat in New Jersey. Of her life these days, Debi says, my second 50 years will be so much better than my first. Of her survival of her abuse and all subsequent blessings, Debi says. all the credit belongs to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who gave me a reason for living.

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Steppin’ Stones

A 31 Day Journey Toward Victory

For the Abused and Rejected

Debi Garcia Ferry

Copyright © 2007 by Debi Garcia Ferry.

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by Zondervan Publishing House. THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE NEW TESTAMENT,

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Contents

Preface

The Decision to Heal

Day One

Day Two

Day Three

Day Four

Understanding it wasn’t your fault

Day Five

Day Six

Day Seven

Day Eight

Day Nine

Day Ten

Acknowledging Anger and Grief

Day Eleven

Day Twelve

Day Thirteen

Day Fourteen

Day Fifteen

Bitterness and Forgiveness

Day Sixteen

Day Seventeen

Day Eighteen

Day Nineteen

Day Twenty

Trusting GOD

Day Twenty-one

Day Twenty-two

Day Twenty-three

Day Twenty-four

Day Twenty-five

Day Twenty-six

Courage to Heal

Day Twenty-seven

Day Twenty-eight

Victim or Survivor?

Day Twenty-nine

Day Thirty

Day Thirty-one

Bibliography

Why So Many Translations?

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I dedicate this book to all those who have believed in

me even when I couldn’t believe in myself.

Thanks to all who have prayed for me.

I thank you with all my heart. I could not

have gotten to this point in my life without you.

It is the same with my word. I send it out,

and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to,

and it will prosper everywhere I send it.

—Isaiah 55:11, New Living Translation (NLT)

Stepping Stones

A Thirty-one Day Journey toward Victory

for the Abused and Rejected

(or How to Turn Tragedy into Triumph )

by Debi Garcia Ferry

To dwell above with saints we love, Oh that will be glory!

But to dwell below with those we know, now that’s a different story!

Passing through the Valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; the early rain fills the pools with blessings. Psalm 84:6, Amplified Bible (AMP)

To my Comforter be all the Glory!

Preface

Dear Friends,

Some of you reading this may be thinking, "How can she know what I’m going through, or even better, How can she know what I’ve been through? These are very good questions. If I were thinking about buying this book, I would be thinking the very same thing. I can recall hearing quite a few counselors and ministers talking about the long-lasting effects of abuse, and how to overcome them. And I thought, How can he or she know? Nobody knows what I’ve been through.

I firmly believe that no one can truly understand where you’ve been and what you’ve been through unless they’ve been there. And even then, they will still not have been you!

Well, let me tell you what I’ve been through, and maybe some of