Tena L Parker

Growing Up In Marriage...Perfectly Flawed Tena L Parker

Who would choose to expose their mistakes, their flaws, their embarrassments, or even their disappointments on a public platform? Not my idea of 'private' healing. And certainly not my idea of fun. But, I guess God saw otherwise. Because here I am!

I have never been much involved with social media. But, while God has been transforming, renewing, restoring, & healing my heart, writing has ultimately become my 'social media' platform. "Growing Up In Marriage... Perfectly Flawed," is a book about choices. My choices. My journey. My detours. My vulnerabilities. My insecurities. My feelings. My life. This book is all about me. Although it is about me living through my brokenness and my pain, it is mainly about my testimony of how God redeemed and healed me through the beauty of it all. I would not have chosen to expose myself in a public forum. But, I did not. God did. So, in my obedience, I am putting myself out there to possibly be ridiculed. To possibly be judged. Even to be condemned. And, maybe even to possibly be ostracized. But even with all of that, my obedience to God's instructions outweighs everything. If being transparent in my flaws means that God can use my experiences, then my journey will have been worth it. It just reaffirms what God has already told me, "Your life 'really' is not about you. For you are living a borrowed life not your own."