Beauty for Ashes: Transformed Through God's Love
By Torra Harris
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Torra Harris
Torra Harris is a mother of two sons, DeVonte and Keinte Harris. She is a native of Palm Beach County, FL and currently resides in Hillsborough County, FL. She loves traveling and spending time with her family. She is the youngest of nine siblings of which four are deceased. She has an Associate degree in Nursing from Palm Beach Community College. She has worked as a nurse for 14 years, six of those years as a HIV/AIDS nurse. A job she enjoyed because it afforded her the opportunity to share the Good News with many that were experiencing great despair. One of her passions in life is ministering to the broken hearted through the Word of God. This passion encouraged her to pursue a degree in Christian Counseling. She holds a Bachelor of Art degree in Christian Counseling from ABM University & Theological Seminary. Her love for people, especially hurting women became the catapult to share her own story.
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Beauty for Ashes - Torra Harris
Contents
Chapter 1 What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Chapter 2 The First Time
Chapter 3 Here We Go Again, and Again
Chapter 4 New Place Same Thing
Chapter 5 Life’s Curve
Chapter 6 Tragedy, a Common Place
Chapter 7 Changes
Chapter 8 Right Back Where We Started From
Chapter 9 Finally Getting It
Chapter 10 Empowered
Chapter 11 Liberation
Chapter 12 Stand Still
Acknowledgments
I give all praise and glory to God above for entrusting me with the experience and gracing me with the honor to share my story.
I am grateful for my Pastors Supt Clarence & Evangelist Cynthia Brown for laying a solid foundation and mirroring the image of a Christian. Thanks to the Mothers of Greater St. Paul COGIC for their encouragement and prayers. To Prophet Daryl Brown thank you for allowing God to use you as His mouthpiece. And to the rest of my Greater St. Paul family, I love you all.
To my home away from home
church family, Pastor Daryl & Lady Mitzi Flintroy and the City of Joy COGIC family, thanks for the warm welcome and show of love.
To the dynamic duo Elders Angie McNair & Carroll Watson and the women of Sisters Empowering Sisters (SES, Inc.), thanks for the connection
.
To my friends (too many to name) I love you all and appreciate you for your role you have played in my life. May God continue to richly bless you all.
To the Johnson family, words cannot express my gratitude and love for each one of you. I am a blessed woman to be a part of such a loving and supportive family.
A very special thanks to my sisters Barbara Likely & Vickie Johnson you two have been my backbone
. I truly appreciate every sacrifice you each have made to show your support. Thanks for being a sounding board and source of encouragement. As I often say everybody should have a sister like y’all
. I love you ladies to life
.
Last, but certainly not least, to my sons DeVonte & Keinte Harris. I thank God for strengthening me and causing to be a mother after His own heart
. I am grateful for the bond we share and for the support you both give me. I love you guys much.
Foreword
I’m gonna write a book
, that’s what Torra exclaimed to me one evening about two years ago. The words from my mouth were: Go for it girl
. Inside I chuckled and wondered how she would write a book when it seemed so obvious (I thought) that she just did not enjoy writing. She always solicited assistance when doing writing assignments. And, her contribution to her assignments was primarily editing.
My hidden skepticism based on my knowledge of Torra’s penchant for shying away from writing totally vanished when I was offered a sneak peek into the contents of Beauty for Ashes. Torra masterfully recounts major events in her life in vividly compelling details. She communicates her emotional and rational thoughts as she bears some painful memories while coming to the realization that she was an abuse woman in a volatile marriage.
Who knew? Behind her smile and spirited disposition was a mountain of devastation, shame and pain that caused her to question her appeal.