Has anyone ever asked you; "Who are you?" Have you ever asked yourself; "Why am I?" Why do I think the way I do, and why are my relationships what they are? My relationships start off well, but often end in turmoil, why? You may have suppressed thoughts of a traumatic experience subconsciously living with you. Have you unknowingly been misled by your childhood religion to whitewash pain and disappointment with Jesus suffered so I too must suffer? Does what you were forced to believe as a child, agree with the principles of your adult life? At this point in your life, you may feel that you are living on purpose because you have decided that what has happened in the past is the past and everything has worked out for your good. In fact, you are who you are because of your past and the person you are now is the person you are supposed to be. Are you certain of that or is, "worked out for my good" a form of whitewash? Unfortunately, indoctrination, pain and hurt do not surface without a key to open the vault, and often, it's your significant other who has that key. It is then that you are revealed, all the pain, suppressed thoughts and repressed feelings are set free to cause your relationships to all end the same. Have you ever had to love someone out of their pain? You couldn't understand how the person could say they love you while hurting you at the same time, but because of your love for them, you endured. Church Hurt, Hands That Prey helps answer your questions, "Why am I, have I been living in the shadows of those who have preyed upon me, are those the hands that have formed me? You have not come upon this book by accident... Deeply seated pain is usually discovered later in life, this book helps you understand "the Person behind the Pain. So often we meet people who are the product of a painful past; the representative, but not the real person because to keep living with the pain, they had to become someone else. We must uncover layers to meet that person. Even those we love require the removal of "Fig Leaves," (the external covering) before we can ever know them... May this book be the answer to your question; Why must I endure pain to "See You?"... To Love You...