No Longer Bound

For years I've done all that I could to try and hold it all together. I tried to maintain the false pretense of my life-but God knew that I was shattered in a million little pieces. He knew that secretly I felt like a failure and had many insecurities. He knew that I had been deeply wounded and injured, and that my healing had not yet come. He gently, patiently, and lovingly worked out the events of my life to begin the process of putting the pieces of my life back together. This book was placed in my heart long before I wrote it. It was given to me so that I could begin the process of healing from my past. It was given to me so that you too can begin your healing of pain, of addictions, of wrong choices, and find wholeness in the One who restores!

When I was a young girl I longed for a daddy. I longed for a daddy who would laugh with me, tell me that I was special and loved. I longed for a daddy to give me horsey back rides, teach me to ride a bicycle. A daddy to teach me who I was and make me understand my worth and my value. But I did not have that kind of daddy-in fact I didn’t have a daddy at all. I never heard the words “I love you” from a pure place that a dad has for his daughter. My heart desperately needed to know this man who gave me life. This emptiness in my heart led to years of brokenness, and insecurities. I was desperate for acceptance and I ended up looking for love in all the wrong places. For years I existed with a hole in my heart. A hole that I tried to fix with whatever or whoever I thought could satisfy the longing, and the emptiness. As a desperate means to fill my broken and empty heart, I developed an insatiable desire to have, and to acquire material things. But after many unfulfilled years I came to realize that the more I tried to fill the hole in my heart and the pain in my soul the more inadequate I felt. I’ve come to understand that the things of this world can never satisfy, and that no one or nothing can fill the longings and emptiness of our wounded hearts. Only God can fill us-and fill us to our full capacity. Only God can quench our thirst and make us complete into who we were truly meant to be….

Today, Chantal lives in Alabama with her devoted husband and their loving son. She is presently completing her Bachelor’s in psychology and she expects to graduate in the summer of 2015. She plans to continue her education and receive her Master’s degree in social work. Her desire is to be a motivational speaker, as well as a counselor. Her passion is to be available to be used by God in whatever way the Lord desires and to allow her story to be an inspiration to others. Her desire is for others to find healing and wholeness in their lives as she has found in hers. (Chantal is available for motivational speaking engagements.)