Broken and Blessed Quotes

“Like me, you can also forgive the unthinkable and overcome and have His perfect peace. I am living for the glory of God right where I am—in the daily struggle.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“I am no longer a slave to fear, nor a captive burdened with shame or unworthiness. The father of lies has no place in my life. Christ has truly set me free!”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“It felt great knowing God had forgiven me, but I still had a lot of work to do to forgive myself.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“All things happen for a reason. Only God knows why.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“I felt God’s presence and believed He was going to restore me and bring joy back into my life. I just felt lighter and somehow knew God was going to sustain me.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“When we begin to honor God in the things that matter to Him, people and lives change for the better. And others notice.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“My own choices created many self-defeating consequences as I settled for a dysfunctional lifestyle of chaos and pain.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“I knew that God loved me, but deep down, I knew that He did not approve. I carried this heaviness alone, because everywhere I looked, all I noticed was the “anything-goes” attitude and lifestyle.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“I was taking my life back and nobody was going to take advantage of me in any possible way, again, ever!”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“I had survived and endured up till this point; I was on a mission, and I was not looking back, no matter how hard or painful or difficult.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“I knew God was with me, and He had saved me, but what I did not understand is why my mother didn’t love me or have any compassion for me, ever.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“I did not feel guilty because I fully understood that it was an accident, but I felt a deep sorrow for my stepfather, the only father-figure I knew had died while I was behind the wheel driving.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin

“The thing about abusers is that they tend to have been abused themselves. It’s part of the whole generational-curse thing that goes on down the family lines until someone has the clarity and courage to break it.”
― Tracy Michaud, Broken and Blessed: How God Set Me Free from Abuse, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Generational Sin