Heaven Can Be Now

What if you didn't have to wait for heaven to stop living in fear?After more than twenty years of marriage, Jillian found herself spending hours in her truck in parking lots, afraid to go home. Behind closed doors, her husband's addictions had turned into control, cruelty, and escalating violence. Then came the day he pressed a gun to her head while her son stood beside her.That was the day she decided it had to end.In Heaven Can Be Now, Jillian tells her story with raw, unfiltered honesty. She lived through two marriages and repeated the same painful mistakes, and slowly came to see that God had been setting her up all along, for freedom rather than defeat. Her story runs from the hard-rock music scene of the '70s and '80s to a crisis center counselor's office. Along the way she shows how manipulation takes root, why so many women stay, and what happens to the body and mind once the trauma finally stops.This is not a polished sermon. It is one woman's frank testimony on:Recognizing control and manipulation disguised as love, or even as ScriptureWhy sex is not the same as love, and how confusing the two opens the door to abuseHealing body, mind, and spirit after the danger has passedThinking for yourself and searching out God's truth on your ownIf you are living in trauma, drama, or abuse, or you love someone who is, this book is a reminder that you don't have to stay there.Freedom can start today. Heaven can start now.