Bittersweet

By Beverly Laurant

An Inspiring True Story, how triumph over came destruction. Read how the power of the Lord can change a life that was headed for destruction. Amen!

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jun 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781512744460

Beverly Laurant

The author was born and raised on the North Shore out of New Orleans. Her and her husband are proud parents of 2 daughters and 1 son (deceased). Prison and rehab ministry, as well as writers, and directors of area plays they form an awesome duet in ministry. As a result of faithfulness to God, They have been blessed to lead His people.

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ISBN: 978-1-5127-4445-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5127-4446-0 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016909081

WestBow Press rev. date: 06/13/2016

Contents

Introduction

Upstate New York

My Family

My Early Years

California

Back Home

Rochester

My Vision

Rehab

Our Wedding

The Accident

Our Son

Learning How to Live Again

My Prophesy

The Carolinas

Family

Cinderella

Winter

Change

Family Is Important to God

Relationships

Introduction

ONCE UPON A TIME, A little girl was growing up not knowing who she was till one day she found out she was a child of the most high God, someone God had made to be and do something special. Before that, she was looking in all the wrong places. She knew some about Jesus, but not enough.

So begins a story about a woman destined to live and tell her story to the world.

Upstate New York

ONE DAY, I WAS SITTING in my backyard in Upstate New York just thinking about life and all the things I’d been through. I decided to write a book about my life to help others who might have gone through or be going through situations similar to mine.

Some of you may have reached a low in your life and are saying, I’ll never make it out, or I can’t do this, or I may as well give up on life right now. I’m here to tell you that you can make it through and do whatever your heart desires. There’s always a way out your difficulties even if it doesn’t look like there is, even if you’re on a self-destructive path.

Nothing is too hard for God. Maybe you haven’t experienced exactly what I have, but I bet you were so distraught at a time or two in your life that you felt overwhelmed and were sure you wouldn’t make it through. I tell you that God took my life, which I struggled to turn around, and made it happy and whole again. God can do anything but fail.

I didn’t always depend on God. At times, I blamed Him for taking my mother away when I was four. I blamed God for everything that went wrong in my life, but today, I can’t do anything without Him. I’ve done good things and bad things, but through it all, I have a relationship with the Lord. I thank and praise Him because He kept me. As you read on, you’ll see what I mean; He kept me when I didn’t believe in myself. He kept me when I wanted to end my life. He kept me when I was trying to destroy myself with the riotous lifestyle I lived. Through it all, He kept me!

I struggled to live life on my