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FORTUNATE STRUGGLE
A novel by
Dwan Donnetta Avent
Fortunate Struggle is a story of courage, hope, enduring love, and faith. Friend, this story will touch your very soul. Over lives are shaped by the choices we make. Sometimes we make good ones, sometimes we make bad ones, still life goes on. We must keep pressing on.
Meet and get to know Naomi as she encounters joy, love, humiliation, depression, defeat and fear. Naomi was a simple, but loving person. You will find yourself cheering her on, getting angry with her, laughing and crying with her. I pray that the Holy Spirit speaks to you during your visit here. We're only passing through this lifetime. Let's make the best of it and love one another, help one another and strengthen one another while it is called today.
How can a struggle be fortunate? Read Naomi's story and find out why her struggles were fortunate.
Excerpt from the novel:
As I was lying there in the bed reading my book a friend loaned me: Woman Thou Art Loosed by Bishop T. D. Jakes, it was warning me of a period of even worse storms before the sunshine. Everything that could possibly come my way was coming. This time the attack was in full force. This I felt was the final attempt, and the most strongest. This attempt was to really steal my mind. After God had delivered me through everything, now the enemy is after my very soul, my very mind. I am standing strong. Each day is a challenge. I don’t know what tomorrow may bring, nor do I worry about tomorrow because I live for today. God will handle tomorrow. It takes practice and my faith is not where it needs to be, but it’s not what it used to be. I grow stronger everyday. I keep getting “signs” telling me that everyone goes through the worst before their day of jubilee. Right before your day of prosperity, your change, your abundance of greatness, the enemy will shoot fiery darts at you in full force and will try and stop your blessings.
I try to recognize warnings when I receive them in any fashion. I did not used to, but now I trust my intuition. While lying next to my fiancé on the bed, I was recapping my day and getting ready for my next workday. Lucas says to me, I'm going to the store, I’ll be right back. Okay love, I say as I turn over onto my back. Do you want anything back? No, I said. While lying there thinking, I decided to close my eyes and just relax for a moment. As my eyes were closed, I begin to breathe shallow and tried to get up. As I tried to open my eyes, I couldn’t. I tried to move and I couldn’t. I began to get very afraid. Something was holding me down. I could not move an inch. I felt evil all around me. Voices of laughter saying, “You’re coming with me.” “Look at you, you’re so scared”. I was overwhelmed with fear. I began to remember that I was a child of God and that this evil could not hurt me. Lord, help me! Make them go away, please! Jesus! I yelled & began to rebuke this evil presence in my mind. It seemed as if I was yelling at the top of my lungs, and struggling with every ounce of strength I had in me, but I could not move. My breathing was heavy and shallow but I could not move. I could not open my eyes. The voices became louder and louder. I was talking to this evil. I said, I’ve faced you before and I’m not afraid of you. You can’t harm me! Leave me alone! Then I just began to yell Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! Jesus! I heard a door close, and it was my fiancé. He had made it back from the store. When I heard the door close, I was able to open my eyes. The evil that was around me was gone. As I lay there on my bed, on my back, I looked up at the ceiling and began to cry. Tears ran flowing down my cheeks and I said “Thank you” God. Thank you for protecting me. Lucas came in and gave me a kiss on the cheek. By this time I had wiped the tears from my cheeks. Lucas, how long were you gone? Only about 10 minutes, he said with a concerned look on his face. It seemed like hours, I replied. “What’s wrong? He asked, taking my hand into his.” Nothing, love. It was just a bad dream. I wasn’t gone long enough for you to fall asleep. Yes, I know, I replied. Did you hear me yelling or anything? "No", Lucas said surprisingly. "Why would you be yelling?" Never mind, like I said, it was a bad dream. Just forget about it.
I did not want to share that experience with Lucas because he was still uneasy about the evil presence that was around him in a previous encounter I experienced. He did not like to hear about incidents like that because it scared him. It’s not easy sometimes sleeping next to Lucas. I believe that he is free of that evil. I believe that that evil now wants me, but I trust God not to let that happen. God will give me the power and the strength not to let that happen. He has rescued me, and He will continue to send His angels and even He himself will protect me. All I had to do was call Him. I said Jesus, again I said Jesus, twice more I said Jesus, and the evil left! His name alone caused them to flee! God why are they after me so badly, I asked? Trying to help myself to understand, tears began to roll. Lord, I trust you. You have brought me through so many things. I know you have blessings in store for me and the evil wants to stop me because I will be a blessing to so many people. Father, please protect me, I prayed. As I began to praise God and ask Him for His love, courage, wisdom and strength, I felt a surge of peace, and rest come over me.
I stayed awake until Lucas fell asleep. After he had fell asleep, I lay hands on him and prayed for him and for myself. Then, I rolled over with peace that I would have a good night’s sleep.
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This story deals with spiritual warfare, child molestation, father abandonment, domestic violence, infertility, physical and emotional abuse, a physical affliction and anxiety attacks and how Yahweh delivered me from it all.
I currently do not have a publisher for this novel. If you know of anyone that may be interested in speaking with me about publishing this novel, please have them contact me at anointed@daybyday7.org . I appreciate any and all help you can provide.
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"God is fair and He will not forget the work that you have done and the love that you have shown Him by caring for His people." (Hebrews 6:10 - Other Translation)