There comes a point in life when you can look back at the road behind you - not with regret, but with recognition. You begin to see where worldly influences led you astray, where you chased things that could never satisfy, and where your most important lessons were learned the hard way.
That is where author Debbie Kirkman found herself when she began writing this book. Raised in a broken home by a mother whose love she was never quite sure of until just before she died, and shaped by a father she adored but who was too quiet and conflict-averse to fight for her the way she longed for him to, Debbie has come to understand that God had a purpose in every piece of that road.
From Life Lessons to Godly Lessons is not a memoir, though it draws deeply from her life. It is the story of how suffering, disappointment, and hard-won experience became the raw material for transformation - how life lessons became godly lessons, wounds became wisdom, and the broken places became exactly where the light got in. At every turn, Debbie lets Scripture speak into her story, pairing each hard-won lesson with the Word of God that gave it meaning - proof that even her most painful chapters were held within a larger, divine purpose.
This book is an invitation to see your own story differently. Debbie's prayer is that as you read, you will recognize your own journey in these pages - and find the courage to let God do in you what He has done in her. He is not finished with any of us. He never is.
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." - Romans 8:28 (NIV)
