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    Smiles and Lies
    Smiles and Lies
    Smiles and Lies
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    Smiles and Lies

    By BRENDA TREVILLION

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    Everyday is an opportunity to embrace the beauty of life. We often talk about grace, without fully grasping the concept. Grace is distributed by God. It's nothing you can do to earn it. When your life has been bombarded with destruction, grace is appreciated so much. And when you think about where you are and what you've been through, the mere thought of God's grace will bring tears to your eyes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsightful Creation Publication
    Release dateApr 14, 2023
    ISBN9798215749371
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      Smiles and Lies - BRENDA TREVILLION

      DEDICATION

      To those to feel as if there’s no way out. I’m a living testimony that GOD can and will deliver you from everything and everyone that hinders your purpose.

      NOTE OF HONESTY

      Life had taught me a valuable lesson of understanding. I never thought the life I lived would be helpful enough for anyone. I did things as a child that most children do. I was not a stranger to discipline, which didn’t happen often.

      I was just a curious child, who grew up with more curiosity about what life had to offer. I’ve had times of good and bad times. Sadly, the tough times outweigh the good.

      Yes, I understand that we all go through difficult times, but the experiences that I’ve endured, most people don’t escape from those things. And those who do escape end up having mental instability.

      As I mentally reentered the moments that you will learn about, I had to take a pause to remain my sanity. Every experience flashed before me like a caution light, and I could feel the emotions of that event as if it just happened.

      Because of the grace of the Lord, every day is a blessing and I’m thankful that He protected me in my mess, and delivered in the process.

      So as we take this journey, I pray for you all who are experiencing or have experienced similar moments. I’ll pray for you, and I ask that you pray for me that we grow together in the Lord.

      Now may the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the sweet communion of the Holy Spirit, rest, rule, and abide now, henceforth and forevermore. Amen.

      2 Corinthians 13:14

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      I thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ because without Him I would not be among the living.

      To my son who dwells in the house of the Lord from the day he was born Bryston Fuller, I will see you again, and we will rejoice.

      To my Grandmother Marie Oliver─ she never believed that a person had limits. She never backed down from anything, she said just what was on her mind at all times, regardless of who you were, and she raised her children to be the exact same way.

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