How can I want me
When nobody wants me?
How can I love me
When they all hate me?
How can I be worthy
And rejected at the same time?
© Odemene, G. C., 2020, Out of the Ashes Arise!

Have you ever been disappointed or rejected? By anyone or for anything you desired? If your answer is a yes, then this book is for you! Using real life stories, Scriptures, and prayers, “Out of the Ashes Arise!” captures the underlying causes for the disappointments we experience in our private and professional lives. Not only does it expose the seasons and reasons for these disappointments, it also highlights the various ways they affect us, our diverse responses, and associated consequences. It does not stop there, it also clearly illustrates the best ways to see and to take the lemons of disappointment which life serves us and turn them into zesty lemonades that invigorate rather than sap us so we can keep rising and shinning in these despairingly dark times. It contains specific prescriptions for this malady and how we can thoroughly heal, recover, and surpass surmounting disappointments that plague humanity.

2020 has been quite the year! The end of it is here though we will continue to deal with all it dumped on us and all it took from us. 2021 is almost here with all the uncertainties of a new year that we must also contend with. Are you tired and weary? Are you feeling at loss, angry, anxious, confused, underwhelmed, or even overwhelmed? This is the book for the moment, to get you rocking in these rocky times.

A zillion thanks is not enough to repay the hard work of Jeanetta Marie Girgis, Deanna Dubbin, Patti Greene, and Augustus Yepiz, who went over and above in their editing of this work. Their insightful observations, fearless edits, and gracious comments delivered a tighter, sweeter version that I could not have singlehandedly produced. To everyone who took time out of their busy schedule to read and provide comments especially Rev Alvan Lewis, Annette Stanwick, Jessica Choi, and Jeff Rathgeber, thank you for the blessing of your time and talent. Your comments were fuel that kept me firing to finish this despite being knocked over by the untimely passage of my dear friend, Allen Harrelson. I am further inspired by Al’s death, to keep giving my all every day, living each day as if it were my last, determined to go home empty whenever that time comes for me, so help me God. Amen. To my family, friends, and readers: thank you for encouraging, supporting, and inspiring me to keep living my very best for this God who gives us no less than His best.

You can order a copy on amazon here Out of the Ashes Arise! Surmounting Disappointments and re-inject fresh energy to flagging hope for the desperate days we live in.

Please order more copies as gifts for friends and loved ones, we all need a lift in these down times and that is what “Out of the Ashes Arise!”  will do for every reader.

Blessings
Always
Glory!

Books by Dr. Glory C. Odemene available on Amazon;

Out of the Ashes Arise! Surmounting Disappointments

Fighting Monsters: Unmask Depression and Take Charge of Your Life

Riding Monsters: Take Over Your Power and Keep the Enemy on Leash