Our Lives Our Destiny: Poetry that Speaks to the Heart of Family

By Sabrina Garcia

The book’s premise is based on the struggles of a young woman, who like many in her plight to be free and establish her identity, finds that she does not know herself as well as she thought.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9781669817390

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Our Lives Our Destiny

Poetry that Speaks to the

Heart of Family

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Life will never be a gift wrapped in a bow and beautifully packaged until God seals it; we’ve paid the postage, and allowed him time enough to deliver. Our steps are ordered!

SABRINA GARCIA

Copyright © 2023 by Sabrina Garcia.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

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Rev. date: 06/28/2023

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Illustrations/Autobiography

Destiny & Words of Wisdom

In The Beginning

Chapter 1 Life’s Ups and Downs Along My Spiritual Journey

Chapter 2 The Saga Continues

Chapter 3 All about the Creator

Chapter 4 Family Expressions

Chapter 5 Family Dedications

Chapter 6 To Hell & Back (The Restoration)

Chapter 7 Small Particles

Biography

Vision Statement

End Note

This book and all of my future works published, are dedicated to my loved one’s lost in the struggle, and people all over the world that are trying to overcome in a life of uncertainty. Our lives, our destiny, and our fate, all belong to the The Most High God. As His servant I am only here to spread the good news of a greater hope!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

There are numerous people I would like to acknowledge and thank for their patience, and their investment in my writing abilities throughout the years. You already know who you are, because I have already told you. Yet I feel obligated to thank you anyway for knowing my capabilities and continuously encouraging me to move forward even when I was weary and lacked the confidence.

To My Heavenly Father that knows me better than I will ever know myself, a Father that knew me before I was in my mother’s womb, a Father that knows every hair on my head and each and every single fiber of my being. Lord I thank you for loving me unconditionally in spite of my short comings.

To my precious family and friends both near and far, for putting up with what I like to call My Specialness. Thanks for giving ear to all of my thoughts, hopes, dreams and concerns. You mean the world to me for you have all taught me that it’s okay to be different, unique, and sometimes peculiar, as that is how God made us.

To Bishop T.D Jakes who inspires me continuously with all of his books, sermons, and words of wisdom. Last but never the least, Thank you Mom both for creating me and showing me throughout your life the importance of having hope in Christ. Although I attribute everything to Jehovah, you were the first one in my life to provide me with purpose by teaching me the true definition of love. Now that you are gone. The chapter is complete, my story is concluded. This poetic journey has come to and end, now I close this book.

Truly I thank each and every one of you for empowering me. Your words, thoughts, knowledge and experiences, have provided me strength while helping me to endure tough times by standing on my faith. You have been with me, supporting both my vision and my dreams, along every step of this journey. Had it not been for your presence, words of encouragement, and your unconditional love, I would not be who I am today. Thanks so much for loving me.

PREFACE

This book was originally dedicated to the poet, sociologist, scientist, or psychoanalysis that inspired me with the Hebrew saying, translated, Every great idea that has ever manifested itself throughout humanity has come from a solitary thought in someone else’s mind and if anyone of us are capable of such thought then we all have the same capacity because we are all human and we were all created equal; And to you my dear friend Harry (Harold Gotti) even though these sayings were not yours originally, thanks for sharing them with me, because they have helped to inspire me along my spiritual journey while reminding me that If you can believe it, then you can achieve it, and we all know that IF is a big word! My dear friend you were probably before most, quite capable, and never even knew it. Even in your passing, you never knew just how capable you were. By the grace of El Elyon, The Most High God and in the Name of Jesus (Yeshua), we are all capable.

It’s our inheritance and our destiny to understand the mysteries of the mind. We all possess enough wisdom to make the impossible possible, but half of us just haven’t realized it yet. Truly I thank The Most High for people like you and others who have guided and inspired me to a new level of consciousness, while helping to change the course of my life with their words of wisdom. The phrase above has subliminally restored to me once again, the faith and hope necessary to pick up Gods word, and allow it to saturate my most inner being to the point of making a difference.

Today his word provides me revelation and insight to continue pursuing my dream of publishing this book. After all, in the Bible was it not the Father who said In Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen? It is written so it shall be done.

Thanks again my biblical angel.

INTRODUCTION

What makes this book unique is that it’s not just an ordinary book of poetry; it’s one of great significance, geared toward educating family and those experiencing an identity crisis. It’s about crisis intervention, prevention intervention, harm/risk reduction, social work and case management. This book teaches that, it’s the honest social work that makes life count.

The book’s premise is based on the struggles of a young woman, who like many in her plight to be free and establish her identity, finds that she does not know herself as well as she thought. Both she and her family had been through much hardship over the years so she struggled to find her place in society while pondering her reason for existence. If you consider the dates on these poems, you will realize many are in chronological order. The rational is that when she started writing in 1983, she was torn between the natural and supernatural world around her. Tormented by worldly desires and convicted by the Holy Spirit, yet too naïve to understand the difference or her purpose. She reacted in ways that eventually began to take a toll on her physical, emotional and eventually her spiritual well-being. She was naïve to the fact that at a very young age she was already in the midst of a spiritual war. Predestined because God loved her, so her steps were ordered.

In this book there are several different sections, one of which is just spiritual, others include family members’ friends, and dedications, but some of her most valued sections are words she envisioned would take form and come into fruition. Overall the goal of her book is that her poetic writing would speak volumes to people in general. Words parallel to the everyday problems, experiences, and most importantly to the definition of the term, we like to call Family. These poems reflect who she was at particular moments in life, who she is currently, and who she shall become simply because of her identity and her destiny. She began expressing herself through her writing with no idea as to where it was about to lead her. She used her book as an escape from the world, a release valve whenever she felt the need to cry out.

She carried paper and pen with her everywhere and wrote about almost everything. Occasionally she would even draw an audience and share a few lines, as those curious to know what she was writing would sometimes inquire. Eventually everyone she encountered expected her to provide words of wisdom. At certain periods in life she’d experience writer’s block, and could not articulate her thoughts, problems, and loses. She could not and would not write in fair of releasing negative energy into the universe. This showed her, she was stagnant in life and life was putting her under too much pressure. Only by the grace of The Most High would she continue on her literal journey. However, she never lost sight of her original vision and stayed true to her purpose, remembering her dreams as well as God’s promises.

She had no idea God held her in such high regard and He previously ordained she hold such high position. At the time there was no inclination as to who she was in Christ or where he was about to take her. She had no clue that she was nothing more than a servant used for his glory. Over the years she began to realize that it was Jehovah God that provided her with grace, wisdom, and virtue along every step of her journey. He knew she was a sinner. He knew her shortcomings, he knew her weaknesses, he knew her strengths, and he knew she would be saved and redeemed, but most importantly, he knew her heart. He also knew she would eventually fulfill his purpose and his will for her. This is why he provided her with scriptures such as Paul in Romans 7:14-25 (KJV). Read these scriptures and you will understand that God knew her purpose, her destiny, and he had a plan and a calling on her life.

Over the years she and her family were on the verge of destruction. They were dying physically, psychologically but worst of all, they were dying spiritually, yet they could not phantom and couldn’t comprehend the reason for it all. Everyone felt as though they were under some sort of generational curse thinking fate had dealt them a bad hand. When in reality they suffered at the hands of their own ignorance and their own decisions.

When she hit a brick wall and felt trapped because life had beat her down, that’s when she realized she could no longer do it alone, she began to pray calling on her creator. As time passed The Father began to show her, she was more than how she or the world saw her. He revealed to her that she had a purpose. That’s when his will for her and her family became more and more evident. Oblivious to the thought her writing would began to educate people, and take form, she continued to expose her deepest concerns and used her terms of endearment as of means of healing others. Undenounced to her, the Angel of the Most High was guiding and using her as a living testimony to carry out his plan and spread the true and living Word of God.

So all that to say, I use, and leave the dates on my poems, as not to take credit, or edify self, but to show that through our Savior (Jesus Christ), salvation is a process. We go from Justification, to Revelation, Salvation, Redemption, onward toward Restoration, and finally Glorification. Hopefully we will find these blessings during our lifetime. I am so grateful that it doesn’t happen overnight or we’d all be damned and would probably all perish. We are not built to absorb prophecy as quickly as our forefathers. This is why some revelations take a lifetime, yet it’s all based on our level of faith. It’s not always easy, especially when many of us lack the faith necessary to endure. Hebrews 11:1(KJV) is the foundation of our spiritual journey. It shows us the difference between good and evil, between religion and religious, flesh and spirit, Christianity and Christ like. After becoming saved in 1998, I realized I was on a spiritual journey. Today in 2022, I acknowledge that we serve many gods but the Most High has a name above all.

We owe it to ourselves to study ourselves approved. For this is the true path to victory. Look it up! Do your own research. We will always struggle with fleshly desires, but just knowing that he came not to condemn but to save, makes us free.

Our Father in heaven has blessed me to teach society through my gift of writing, because ironically over the years, my poems have begun to tell my story, as well as stories of others, unveiling prophecies about our lives, our destiny, and things only our creator could have known in advance. If you notice, I couldn’t even describe what poetry meant until the year 2000. How ironic this just so happened to be the turn of the century.

My book is composed of poetic phrases, stories, and even poems written by my children. The ultimate goal is to educate families, helping them to understand that they are not alone in life’s endeavors or life’s plight to find purpose. There are people out there experiencing the same dilemmas yet they are too afraid to disclose what they have been through because no one has shared their testimony with them yet. Well here