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    You Are Worthy Too: In The Beginning
    You Are Worthy Too: In The Beginning
    You Are Worthy Too: In The Beginning
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    You Are Worthy Too: In The Beginning

    By Wendy Glidden

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    This book is the beginning of my true life story. It takes you from my earliest memories all the way through my sixteenth year. It is full of everything you could put into a romance or fiction novel about a preteen.

    From learning about God to trying to outsmart Him, as well as my first love and how I found myself married the first time. You would not think so much could happen to one girl in the first sixteen years of her life but you would be wrong!

    As a youth, I longed to become a famous writer. I wasn't sure what I would write about, but I knew I wanted to bring hope to the hopeless. As I stumbled through life, I put those dreams in a box and tucked them away truly believing my dreams would never become a reality.

    On my 41st birthday, I had the carpet pulled out from under me. God used that event to kick start my journey back in time. As I fell back through the years and saw everything through the rear view mirror, I discovered many things about my journey I had not seen the first time.

    Over the next couple of years I sought God with every fiber of my being. I began to put Him first and without truly knowing what was going on, I began writing again as God had called me forth to do.

    This is just one of many books I know I will be publishing this year. I am very excited about them all. I printed out a few copies of this first volume and passed them out for reader reviews. The feedback I received was greater than I had dared to hope for.

    Today I know I am living my life long dreams. My book is already encouraging people. I can think of no greater purpose on earth than sharing one's life story. The ugly and the pretty alike.

    I pray you find my story uplifting. I pray it fills you with hope. Thank you for your purchase!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWendy Glidden
    Release dateJan 27, 2014
    ISBN9781310605208
    You Are Worthy Too: In The Beginning
    Author

    Wendy Glidden

    My name is Wendy Glidden. I am a mother to five girls and four boys. I was married the first time before my seventeenth birthday. While all I ever wanted to do was help the lost and lonely, the dark and depressed, the downtrodden and hopeless, I found myself living a life I never thought would be mine. As I rounded the corner to my forties I truly believed I would never become what I had wanted to be.You just never know what doors God will open when you invite Him to have His way in your life! My bio can be read in depth through my books. The first life story volume has already been published and volume II is right behind!I pray that those who read my story are truly lifted up. May my words bring you hope. May they shine a light into every dark crevice that may exist.

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      You Are Worthy Too - Wendy Glidden

      You Are Worthy Too

      In The Beginning

      By Wendy Glidden

      Copyright 2014 Wendy Glidden

      Smashwords Edition

      Table of Contents

      Dear Reader

      Chapter1: In the Beginning

      Chapter 2: I Will Never! Me & My Oh So Righteous Self

      Chapter 3: How I Learned About God

      Chapter 4: The Boy & My Plan to Outwit God

      Chapter 5: Face to Face with an Angel

      Chapter 6: If You Love Someone You Must Be Willing to Let Them Go

      Chapter 7: Grounded for Losing My Virginity

      Chapter 8: Too Angry to Process the Assault with Love

      Chapter 9: Taking Control of My Destiny

      Chapter 10: In Defense of My Step-Mother

      Chapter 11: My Scarlet Letter

      Chapter 12: A Shotgun Wedding

      Connect with Author

      Bonus # 1: Chapter 2 out of the sequel to In The Beginning

      Bonus # 2: A chapter out of an upcoming title: Spiritual Warfare

      acknowledgements

      Dear Reader,

      First I want to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing my book! This is the beginning of my story. The first full sixteen years of them are in this volume. I have also included two bonus chapters from upcoming titles!

      All my life I dreamt of being a writer. I wanted my books to fill people with hope. As I grew up, I continued to write off and on but I had long given up on ever publishing anything to encourage others or brighten their days.

      As I approached my 40s, I began questioning life and relationships. Then a life event of my own caused me to fall to my knees. I had finally come to the end of my own strength and determination. It was in giving everything to God, He gave me the desires of my heart.

      I truly hope you enjoy this first book full of true chapters from my life.

      When God convicted me, He showed me how He had been there all along. You get some insights as you are shown things through the rearview mirror!

      There is much the Lord is leading me to share. I hope you stick around as I continue to share my life story as well as other titles. Look for all the details on You Are Worthy Too Website! The link to take you there is on my connect with me page at the end of the book.

      Had someone asked me a year ago if I thought my life was worthy of publishing I would have laughed and quickly said, No.

      God thought otherwise. He called me out to share my story over a year ago. While full of fear, I stepped out in Faith.

      I pray my story leaves you inspired, encouraged and full of faith. I am humbled by your purchase. Be blessed and be a blessing!

      Love, Wendy Glidden

      Chapter One

      In the beginning

      My name is Wendy Glidden. I have been pregnant 12 times in my life! Nine of those babies, I have personally raised myself. One of them I gave up for adoption. The one prior to her and the one after her, I chose not to have at all. That decision, along with a few more, allowed me to believe that I was not worthy of God's love.

      My life has been eventful to say the least and God has called me to become what He told me I would be as a child. A mom of many.

      A mom, I have come to learn is simply someone who nurtures. Not necessarily someone who gives birth to a human being.

      While it is true I have given birth to many children, we must remember God is humorous and in giving me all of these children, well, He has taught me to be humorous myself!

      I really am unsure of how to start this book and how to proceed with the ministry He has put in my heart and I am relying on the Holy Spirit to lead me.

      I have always believed in honesty, yet I have lived hiding my biggest sins in the closet. I make you this promise my friend; by doing that I allowed the evil one to keep me from my work.

      It was just this year that I captured the negative thoughts that the evil one has been whispering to me daily. Among them were phrases such as:

      I am not worthy

      I am not qualified to lead

      Who would listen to me?

      I am a joke

      I am a murderer

      Now I have been growing for the last few years spiritually by leaps and bounds. Even with God calling me so loudly to do His work, in my head this is what I was subconsciously hearing. That is NOT what God has to say about His children!

      I am a child of God. I was told so 30 years ago by an angel. Even with that, I allowed the evil one to get in my way and even worse for me, to remain there!

      It is my hope that with me allowing the Holy Spirit to work through me that I can help countless others avoid the trials and tribulations I have gone through myself, or at least help them out of the pit of hell quicker than I made my own great escape!

      I had to make this leap of faith today and begin sharing my story when I had no idea what I would say! This is my opening page. Sharing my story with any who decide to read it.

      Remember our God is stronger, our God is Mighty. Through Him All things are possible.

      May you have a blessed day,

      Wendy, Mom of Many!

      Chapter Two

      I Will Never! Me and My ‘Oh So Righteous Self’

      Be careful when you exclaim you will never do something! More than I care to admit, I have found myself doing the exact thing I was so righteously convinced I would never do! After all, I was out to please God and be a great servant for Him. I had big plans. I was a good girl! The list of things I would never do was never ending. Allow me to highlight some of the bigger ones right off the top of my head:

      Go against God’s will for my life

      Get angry at God

      Yell at God

      Spite God

      Have an abortion

      Give a baby up for adoption

      Smoke

      Drink

      Do drugs

      Be one of ‘those’ girls

      Stay in an abusive relationship

      Find myself on the brink of becoming part of the porn industry

      Impressive list don't you think! Oh you know I have to address each and every one of these because in all honesty, I have done all of them. We all know there are many more lurking out there in the background. I'm sure the evil one will try to taunt me with any that remain!

      I'm amazed as I see the ink on the paper. Am I really going to share all of this? I know the answer. Yes. I am. For you see it is all of my sins that I have committed that make it that much more amazing that God has called me to share my story. I pray for guidance and protection as I proceed. It is my focus to show you that all of us ARE WORTHY of God's grace.

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