Miles in My Shoes

Angelique Phoenix

Description

Are you lost in the darkness of life? Look towards the light until you become apart of the light. This is your spark, now shine.

Angelique Phoenix was destroyed, surrendered, and then was made anew. In Miles in My Shoes, she shares her story, telling how one can truly turn any breakdown in life into a breakthrough for a life with the Lord for true growth and healing.



Through her personal testimony and scripture, she communicates the message that the most important thing is love. So many have strayed away from its true meaning as defined in the Bible.



Each chapter includes selections from Phoenix’s music playlist; she communicates it’s important to choose music that uplifts you while you’re going through a hard time. Your eyes and ears are windows to your spirit. Feed them wisely whenever possible.



Walking a few miles in her shoes, this narrative shares how Phoenix is saved and is alive and living for the first time through Jesus.

Sujets

• Christian Living
• Philosophie et théologie
• Marriage
• Religion
• Love
• Pray

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 08 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664270961
• Langue: English

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MILES IN MY SHOES
ANGELIQUE PHOENIX


Copyright © 2022 Angelique Phoenix.
 
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This book is a work of non-fiction. Unless otherwise noted, the author and the publisher make no explicit guarantees as to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and in some cases, names of people and places have been altered to protect their privacy.
 
 
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Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973 1978 1984 2011 by Biblica, Inc. TM. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
 
ISBN: 978-1-6642-7097-8 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6642-7098-5 (hc)
ISBN: 978-1-6642-7096-1 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022912300
 
 
 
WestBow Press rev. date: 08/05/2022
CONTENTS
Prologue
 
Chapter 1Love (My Laces Are Tied)
Chapter 2Mile #1
Chapter 3Mile #2
Chapter 4Mile #3
Chapter 5Mile #4
Chapter 6Mile #5
Chapter 7Mile #6
Chapter 8Mile #7
Chapter 9Mile #8
Chapter 10Mile #9 (Tie Your Laces)
PROLOGUE
“God is love, and Jesus is the only way.” “Through Christ, all things are possible.” These are just some of the things we hear as children, before we really understand the concept of life at all and feel the need to believe in these words with all of our heart. So many people today, as did I, need to be reminded in a way that resonates with their souls. It is a reminder that can connect to their own personal lives to truly understand and believe in these words again. For me, listening to or reading stories from people who have been through the same trials in life makes it easier to accept advice and guidance from because you know they have actually walked a mile in your shoes. You can feel the connection to them through their story or song. I pray that reading my story will help remind you that you are not alone and that you are loved by the creator of all creation. Surrendering, if you haven’t yet, and strengthening your relationship with the Lord will allow the Holy Spirit to work through you, to get you where you want to be in life.
I continuously thank God throughout my trials and tribulations because even though some choices I made were wrong in my mind after reflecting on them, they became lessons for me to break unhealthy cycles. God had a plan the entire time. God knows all hearts and knows all situations beyond our comprehension, so he knows my faith even when it was questionable through my actions. A mustard seed of faith is like your pinhole of light to chase away any vast amount of darkness. What you seek, you will find. Jesus Christ is the light. Seeking God in my darkest moment led me to an ultimate choice between love and fear. All things that come from God are love. All things that come from the enemy of our soul are fear. The moment I chose love, I was choosing to fully follow God. Then he would change the way I felt, thought, and even walked. I didn’t have to run in circles through the dark, searching in the wrong direction anymore. He is the light to take me on the roads that I’ve been searching for, the roads that lead to my choice of love, instead of fear. God is love, and Jesus is the only way. It’s all about your heart. At this very moment, breathe and take a minute to feel God’s love.
I am not a teacher or a preacher, but I am being taught on a daily basis through God’s love, and I love speaking about Jesus. Because only through Jesus are we saved. I have to say it again: only through Jesus are we saved. I am here to help remind you that God is real, Jesus is alive, and the Holy Spirit is important. God is with us every second of every day. We are not forgotten. When we repent and turn away from our sins, we are forgiven. Forgive others and forgive yourself, as God forgives you. The mercy and grace you give others will be given back to you by the Lord. You truly do reap what you sow in life. Sow the good seeds of the Lord’s Word in your life garden, to enjoy the good fruits of the Spirit from the inside out. If something is heavy on your heart, let it go and give it to God. Pray about everything, every day. Build and sustain a relationship that will never fail—a relationship with God. Knowing him with your heart is him knowing you. You are the best version of yourself through the Holy Spirit.
If you are hurting or searching for any kind of inspiration or encouragement to help you, this might be the story for you. The ones going through addiction of any kind, including the family members of an addict that you love. The ones grieving from loss (in any way) of someone they love. The ones who stay in relationships of any kind where it feels like the entire relationship is death to your soul, but you stay because that’s what you think love is. The ones who finally found the strength to leave a toxic situation but now are lost with fear as strong as vise grips telling you that you will fail. The ones looking for a way with their willing partner to build a strong family foundation with God but don’t know how to begin, or simply the ones that enjoy a good read. At one point in time, I have been all of those things.
Here in this book are a few miles in my shoes leading to the writing of my testimony. This book, my heart, and any glory that comes from it is dedicated to Jesus Christ. Because of his sacrifice, I am saved. I am alive and living for the first time through him. With faith in Jesus, you too are simply by choosing to follow him. Even if you can’t see or feel it yet, have faith. Your faith in him will save you from yourself and any situation from which you may need saved.
For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him. But also to suffer for him. (Philippians 1:29)
The phrase “you have to get through it to get to it” has new meaning to me now. After suffering and forgiving others as I have been forgiven, I thank God for creating me and life itself. The chains that were holding me down have been broken. I came to realize that I created those chains. I thank Jesus for saving me from myself. I thank the Holy Spirit for being with me. I thank everyone who loves me and has given me support in any way. I thank all the lessons throughout every mile of my life. My heart is now new. Thank you. If anything I went through can help anyone who reads this in any way, writing it for you was worth it to me. I look at the first five miles in this book as scenic routes full of lessons that brought me closer to the Lord and the love I was always searching for. There is no greater love than the love of the Lord. Learning to love through his love is the only way to truly love at all. When you guard your heart, guard it with the armor of God.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (James 1:2–4)
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. (Proverbs 4:23)


1
LOVE (MY LACES ARE TIED)
H ave people ever told you to stay in a relationship that continuously hurts, because getting through it makes your relationship stronger? Have you been told that insane love is true love? I feel that staying in any relationship (intimate or not) despite constant emotional or physical abuse is not the way to feel true love. Thinking this way leads you to believe that love hurts. Real love does not hurt. We hurt each other not out of love but out of fear. Some of us know that love is explained in the Holy Bible. Anything outside that definition is not love. It took me thirty-two years to finally start learning that. Following others’ definitions of love put me through all kinds of chaotic situations, unknowingly breaking myself down enough that the only help for me was God’s love, because God is love.
While growing up, I always heard that actions speak louder than words. Words seem to come and go unless they are so moving that I have no choice but to feel them settle deep in my heart to take action. I seem to learn a lot more through actions than words. While growing up, I saw my mother, Chloe, stay in a relationship that had the illusion of love—until death, when they parted. She was trying to learn love through God and was able to give it freely, but my dad, Loyal, couldn’t receive it in a way to fully reciprocate the action it took to prove its meaning. When all is said and done, people who do not have a constant relationship with God will love you only with their own definitions of love. Before I moved out of my parents’ house at seventeen, I created my own illusion of a loving life in my mind. In an attempt to break a repeated family cycle of broken hearts, I tried to ch