If I can find peace and healing...
you can too. I have an incredible life story that portrays persistent, deep emotional pain as a result a very difficult childhood. As I matured into adulthood, I found some success in different employment situations, and then later found myself swimming in fear and torment because nearly everything was taken from me and I had no answers, no solutions, and no hope. I was as broken as a person can get, and it turned out that this place of brokenness was indeed the best place I could have been in, because I was then, and only then, able to surrender and allow the Lord to take over my life. In doing so, I learned about Him and His ways, I became obedient to them despite the fact that I willfully dismissed them for so long thinking they made no sense. As a result, I found permanent peace, healing, and restoration that I believed were only for other people who did not harbor the kind of trauma that I did.
I reached a point where I believed that God was punishing me. I did not understand what was happening or why it was happening, and because of my ignorance of the Lord, I jumped to these misguided conclusions. I feel compelled to share my testimony with others because in this world in which we live, tragedy and loss surrounds us and if we don't have the proper perspective, it can and will claim our souls because we cannot see the purpose behind it.
God is not punishing you. He is calling you because He loves you more than you realize. If I can now see this, so can you. He alone is responsible for my healing, but we have to reach for Him and surrender our wills to His will, and He can provide to you all that He has provided for me if you sincerely desire it.
Dee M. Shaffer
Speaking Engagements
I have never really considered myself a public speaker, but over time, I have grown accustomed to giving presentations for work related purposes, and it has become a little easier. However, I believe that the Lord has used my life and has allowed me to see the errors in my choices and mindset (although I had rationalized and justified every decision I have ever made) so that I can share my journey with others who are on this blind path and cannot see it just yet.
We live in a world today where recognizing the Lord and living for Him makes you a freak, or "intolerant", or worse. We all have a desire to be accepted, and with that, often comes compromise and a redefining of God's Word and intent of His message. I can say this with expert knowledge because I was one of those people for so long. I called myself a Christian, but I struggled to live that life because it made no sense to me in many respects, because logic was not always the main ingredient. God's ways were easy to dismiss and/or redefine because I believed my analytical and emotional conclusions to be clearly more sensible.
He allowed my life to plummet to horrifying places so that I was finally able to see just how much power I really had without Him. I had none, but it took total and complete brokenness to figure it out.
I would love to share my testimony with your church, youth group, or other audience to perhaps share God's truth and how it can manifest in their lives as powerfully as it has manifested in my life. I would just ask that you cover my expenses to get to you. I am called to share His truths with this generation, and I know there are many who are as blind as I was and are sinking into a very dark place. He can use my life to give hope and shed His light into those valleys.
Statement of Faith...
Jesus Christ is the only way to salvation. In order to be saved and born again, one must repent (turn away) from their sins and confess that Jesus Christ is their savior and ask to be forgiven. Jesus must be invited into your heart and life as He will not force Himself in.
The Trinity is God, the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit
Jesus Christ will one day return again, first in clouds of glory to gather His people unto Him while the unsaved endure the wrath of the Lord. Then Jesus will return to the earth physically with His people to fight in the battle of Armageddon and to rule and reign on earth for 1,000 years.
The scriptures of the Holy Bible are inerrant and divinely inspired the the Lord. There is no authority above the 66 books of the Holy Bible.