Benedikt Von Spinoza’s Ethik V1: Nebst Den Briefen (1812)

Sturgis tells of struggling with alcohol and drug addiction, being very afraid and alone. She walked the road to demise without the ability to get off of it on her own. She hoped to see anyone who truly made it out and walked in total freedom, yet there was no one. Religion had turned her against God, and no one on earth understood where she was or how to help her. For years she made wrong choices, including abortion. She finally screamed at a picture of God, on a night when suicide was going to be her relief. Everything in her life changed dramatically after discovering the great love this Savior had for her. How differently she came to deal with things, and even in the midst of the very worst pain imaginable, with this new understanding the Savior carried her out of grief and despair and never let her feet touch the ground until she was completely able to walk without falling. She wrote this book after arguing with God as to why she should write it. She didnat consider herself to be a writer, but in a conversation he had with her, He responded, aI put this book in you.a She needed no other explanation. It is her desire to help others who have no hope to understand the hope that she has been given. It is real, it is tangible, and God desires it for all of us. Itas not just about her.