<p>Revision of 2003 edition:</p><p><strong><u>Journeys to Joy</u></strong> follows the first two years of 16 of a journey to find and know the truth&nbsp;about God's love directly from God Himself. Learn how these people break free of the abusive&nbsp;control maintained over their lives and memories by people and priests who came in the name&nbsp;of God and claim to be acting under His authority. These remarkable true stories follow an&nbsp;individual with Multiple Personality Disorder a survival mechanism initiated by a lifetime of&nbsp;abuse struggling to find spiritual healing and 'wholeness' through the unconditional love of&nbsp;Jesus.</p><p>Recorded in the words of those persons' experiencing them some of life's hardest issues&nbsp;are investigated illustrated and documented in these books; spiritual warfare clergy abuse&nbsp;Satanic Ritual Abuse evil in everyday life spiritual healing and the reality of the power of the&nbsp;Kingdom of God at work in and around us. As the author of this series and a pastor &amp; counselor&nbsp;specializing in spiritual issues I include a running commentary of their journey as a clinical study&nbsp;of their journey with their first counselor and then with me. I include definitions of terms used for&nbsp;understanding the care given then and what we learn together about God's love healing plans&nbsp;and will for all of His children.</p><p>How God chooses to reveal&nbsp;His love and power while confronting evil in the midst of their&nbsp;pain and suffering through forgiveness mercy and truth will challenge your concepts of Him and&nbsp;His love. Our purposes together in these books is not to focus on understanding their&nbsp;experiences my understanding of them or their disorders but to help all those going through&nbsp;similar struggles in search of hope and healing to see and hear how Jesus responds to their&nbsp;needs and why... to know that God in Jesus Christ is trustworthy and true.</p><p>While this book covers 2 years the second book <strong><u>Journeys to Love</u></strong> covers the next <strong>4</strong>&nbsp;years. I will update the information shared in the prologues &amp; texts of <strong><u>Books 3 &amp; 4</u></strong><u> </u> to&nbsp;report new understanding and deeper truths learned that the Lord teaches us moving forward together. They are shared from counseling&nbsp;relationships with hundreds of clients / friends and their journeys to understand who God is and&nbsp;why He loves them...and why they will trust Him. Our hope with the <strong>Shattered People</strong> <strong>Series </strong>is that our readers will have more opportunities to&nbsp;know and trust our Heavenly Father's ongoing and unconditional love for them.</p><p><strong>For I know the plans that I have for you' declares the Lord 'to give you a future&nbsp;and a hope. </strong>Jeremiah&nbsp;29:11</p>