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From the small unincorporated town of southern Illinois to the pulpit, boardroom, and beyond, Deborah Williamson shares a deeply personal journey of faith, family, heartbreak, resilience, and purpose. Through childhood memories, hidden family secrets, racial barriers, lost opportunities, unexpected blessings, and God\u2019s unmistakable call on her life, she discovers that every twist and turn was part of a greater divine plan. With honesty, humor, and heartfelt wisdom, Looking Back, I See God reminds readers that even life\u2019s greatest disappointments can become God\u2019s greatest appointments. This inspiring memoir will encourage you to look back over your own life and recognize the faithful hand of God that has been guiding you all along.



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Life has a way of handing us pain we didn\u2019t ask for: betrayal, disappointment, loss, and seasons that leave us questioning God and ourselves. Left unchecked, those experiences can harden into bitterness, quietly stealing our joy, peace, and purpose. In I\u2019m Too Blessed To Be Bitter<\/em>, Dr. Vernon D. Shelton, Sr.<\/strong> delivers a powerful, hope-filled message for anyone struggling to let go of past wounds. With biblical wisdom, pastoral insight, and real-life encouragement, this book invites readers to see their pain through the lens of God\u2019s faithfulness. Rather than denying hardship, Dr. Shelton shows how God\u2019s blessings, both seen and unseen, outweigh even life\u2019s deepest hurts. This book will help you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Break free from the grip of bitterness<\/li>\n\n\n\n
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  • Heal emotionally and spiritually through God\u2019s truth<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Walk forward with renewed faith, peace, and purpose<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    From the small unincorporated town of southern Illinois to the pulpit, boardroom, and beyond, Deborah Williamson shares a deeply personal journey of faith, family, heartbreak, resilience, and purpose. Through childhood memories, hidden family secrets, racial barriers, lost opportunities, unexpected blessings, and God\u2019s unmistakable call on her life, she discovers that every twist and turn was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ocean_front_end_style_editor":"no","ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","omw_enable_modal_window":"enable","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-995","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edsjwent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edsjwent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edsjwent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edsjwent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edsjwent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=995"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/edsjwent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1002,"href":"https:\/\/edsjwent.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/995\/revisions\/1002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edsjwent.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}