Slayed; yet I Trust Him

Slayed; I Trust Him is a memoir of a woman's journey from finding and losing love and herself. In her twenties she found whom she believed to be the love her life.Red flags presented themselves almost immediately in the form of lies and insecurity,but she chose to ignore them. As time progressed a picture perfect family emerged from the union; Mastered degreed educators, two children, cars, annual trips to the Caribbean. Yet; the marriage failed. Infidelity, betrayal ,and heart shattering realities destroyed the union.Feeling slain in the spirit, she learns to rely heavily on God and the people he has placed in her life to help her recover her self esteem ,happiness, forgiveness and trust in God. Practical lessons were learned during the journey and the author hopes to share them with others who may experience similar devastating circumstances.

This is a very personal memoir of a failed marriage narrated by the then wife, who agonized over her marriage and endured great abuse from her husband in the form of lying, deception, isolation, false accusations, financial deprivation, cheating, and more. All the broken promises and the ensuing suffering are enumerated in great detail, and the reader feels a great deal of empathy for the wife. After a great deal of time, the narrator achieves some solace from pastoral counseling and groups of women who also have issues with their marriages and finds many friends and supporters. Finally, after all the years of extreme maltreatment, she begins to truly love God and to believe that what she lived through was preordained by him as a path that finally led her to free herself and commit herself totally to God and the church in a way she was unable to before. She attains her freedom in a long overdue divorce, forgives all those who acted against her, and begins a new life. The narration is smooth flowing and almost makes us relive the chain of sometimes harrowing humiliation of and aggression toward the abused wife. This is her testimonial, which she has been urged to write by the church elders. By the end of her long journey she has become part of the ministry, forgiven those who acted against her, and ardently renewed her faith in God. She has also tried to instruct those women who may be in difficult marriages as to what paths to follow. Her attachment to God and her religion is primary in her life, and the title of the book, which is a quote from the Book of Job, sums up why she feels so close to God – and Job.

Kristin Johnson is a mother, teacher, author , and dedicated disciple for Christ. She was born ,raised and resides in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. As a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, she admires the motto" I'll Find a Way or Make One." Despite trials in her life she is determined to rise above the difficulties and succeed, as well as make a way for others to succeed also. She is a mother of two teenagers whom she loves and adores.