This is the inspirational testimony of the author’s deliverance from twenty-five years of substance abuse and the amazing feats she has accomplished since. Although a preacher’s kid and raised in the church, sixty-eight-year-old Anding found herself at rock bottom—addicted to crack cocaine, devoid of all self-esteem, and estranged from family and friends. Her last chance came in the form of a free ninety-day drug rehabilitation program that encouraged participants to fall in love with Jesus. In the program she affectionately nicknamed “God’s repair shop,” she found healing and forgiveness for a past littered with adultery, promiscuity, deception, domestic violence, failed marriages, drugs, and political scandal.

As Anding grew closer to Jesus, she learned to love herself. Fully entrusting herself to God, she discovered her true purpose. Following in her family’s tradition of community service, she established a nonprofit ministry that extends God’s message beyond the church to positively impact communities and combat homelessness, addiction, and crime. Despite the tragic loss of many close friends and relatives, the author continues to be on fire for Jesus. She earned four graduate degrees after the age of seventy, including a doctor of ministry degree from Portland Seminary George Fox University at the age of eighty.

This is an autobiographical account of a remarkable woman and her love affair with Jesus. The author uses biblical stories and scriptures to cement God’s word as the foundation for her hard-found wisdom. Important themes include God as the sovereign redeemer and Jesus as the sacrificial lamb who washes away all sin. The book also emphasizes the power of forgiveness, both of others and self. The author shares her personal encounters with the many characters of God—the provider, the healer, and the omniscient Most High. Anding concludes with a compelling argument for Jesus as the ultimate answer.

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