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Who I've Become is NOT Who I Am

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Are you the one sitting in the pew on Sunday morning with your best face on, a smile that never reaches your eyes, and dressed in the best money can buy? Yet you are hurting and empty, and the life that has truly become yours remains hidden under all that can be seen on the outside while you suffer behind the mask you put on before you leave the house so no one can see how much you are hurting. Or the shambles your life has become because of the past that you have never come to terms with. However, you know that the time has come for you to take off the mask that you have kept in place as a mechanism to keep out anymore hurt, only you operate in the very hurt and dysfunction that caused you to wear a mask in the first place. In Author Sonya Visor's novel, Who I've Become is NOT Who I Am, she shares with readers her road to deliverance to become the woman God has called her to be.

Author Visor tells her story of molestation that she and her sister endured at the hands of relatives, both opting to keep quiet so no one would get into trouble; however, their silence protected the very persons who violated them. These acts took away their innocence and would change their lives for years to come. The pain and dysfunction that became her life caused her to put on a mask so that no one would know the hurt, guilt, shame and hopelessness these acts caused to live in her spirit, altering who she was and keeping her from becoming who God called her to be.

Who I've Become is NOT Who I Am is a book that will help anyone on their journey to becoming whole in God by first finding or acknowledging the root of the problem. How important is it to talk about the problem; friends and relatives can be a help, but sharing with God, the One Who created us and knows all and can fix all.

I enjoyed this book and received a true blessing from its contents because I have come to understand that although Author Visor talks about her experience and her journey to becoming who God has called her to be, it is not just the subject matter she has shared. The book is written in such a way that I truly understand that it addresses whatever the root problem may be so that we can go to God, fasting, praying and believing that He will meet us where we are and bring about the deliverance that is needed in our lives so that we can find ourselves in the place He will have us to be. We must remove the masks that we hide behind and lie bare before our Lord and allow Him to heal us and set us free. I recommend this book to any and everyone desiring to remove the mask and really live the life they have been called to live.

This book was provided to me courtesy of the author for review purposes.


Review by Sharel E. Gordon-Love
APOOO BookClub

"This book was outstanding. I loved how Sonya brought me into her world and the things she experienced. Such an interesting story on how life and time changed her. Excellent, inspirational, motivating story! Good Read!"

Review by: Dominique Watson
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I applaud you women of God for sharing with the world your struggles, fears and childhood issues. Your book attacks real conditions that not only individuals have masked but so has the body of Christ at large. Your book gives the enemy a black eye. When we are transparent about our sins there is nothing that the enemey can hold against us. Bravo!


Author Holly Spence
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Raw and moving, Who I've Become Is NOT Who I Am is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Visor has penned a powerful message that will transform your life, free your soul, and liberate you from your past to propel you to the bright future God has planned for you. Highly recommended for personal reading, gift-giving or group study!

When Good Girl Book Club members and subscribers found out about this book, I received hundreds of emails
with anticipation about reading it - that is how relevant and significant the books message is to people
everywhere.



-Marina Woods, Editor-in-Chief, Goodgirlbookclubonline

A Compelling, revealing, and tear-jerking testimonial... Sonya Visor's debut non-fiction book will capture you from page one. In her telling book, Sonya reaches into the depths of her soul to share with others. The life she once endured as a sexually molested child almost led her to commit suicide as an adult, but I thank God for stepping in. Who she had become as a result of what had happened in the past threatened to destroy her future, but God still there, loved. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose," Romans 8:28, KJV.

Today, Sonya enjoys a life of freedom where she reaches back to help others who may be struggling with the same things she had gone through. As the Founder of TruU ministries, Sonya encourages the downtrodden who may be wearing a mask of the emotionally sound to be real with themselves in order to find the strength to become whom God has called them to be.

Molested by close, trusted family members at a young age, Sonya felt compelled to hide behind a "mask" of shame for years. When she decided to break the oppressive grip that her continued silence held over her life, she was finally able to embrace the power within and march confidently toward the fulfillment of her divine destiny. Throughout the pages of Who I've Become Is Not Who I Am, author Sonya Visor shares her personal story as a means to help liberate others who may find themselves stuck in the same mental and emotional prisons from which she finally managed to escape.

Powerfully straightforward, Who I've Become is bolstered by life-affirming personal testimony and applicable biblical scripture. Taking on a range of different topics, Visor proves to be a sage observer of the human condition in offering keen insights and sound advice geared specifically towards the ultimate goal of spiritual healing. As a first-hand witness to the self-destructive ramifications of a life lived in perpetual pain, Visor effectively serves as a spiritual ambassador for those struggling to shed their emotional and psychological binds, and her inspiring story of survival goes a long way toward leading them down the road of ultimate redemption.

Timely, uplifting, and encouraging, Who I've Become Is Not Who I Am is a much-needed balm for the spiritual ailments that plague us all. Strongly recommended.


Dominique Sessons
Apex Reviews