Naked
Romella Vaughn
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Feb. 19, 2015)
Inspiring, uplifting, & down right naked. Romella Vaughn uncovers her untold life stories to uplift and inspire. “Naked” by author Romella Vaughn is not your ordinary story. Vaughn uses her personal hurts, frustrations, disappointments, and setbacks to inspire the world. Vaughn explains in depth how her relationship with Christ saved her life. Vaughn says “God dropped in my spirit that I needed to let the past go because it couldn’t be changed”.Taking it as a sign of relief, Vaughn writes her very first book, Naked. Stuffed with fear, anxiety, burdens, and insecurities, Vaughn explains how it took her 41 years to realize that she was still holding on to hurt. What makes Vaughn so amazing, Is that she is not afraid to tell her story and continues to grow in the midst of learning to let go, while encouraging others along the way. With sleepless nights, and countless prayers, Vaughn says God spoke to her to tell her story. “God revealed that he wanted me to expose everything that I had gone through to heal his people”. Vaughn explains how her conversations with God helped her write “naked”, not only to encourage others who still had issues but to give her testimony. Vaughn explains how forgiving others is the first step to a better heart & clean mind. Life mentally, and emotionally was not easy for Vaughn. Feelings of rejection, & just not being good enough took a complete 360 on her life. Vaughn explains how previous baggage from past relationships, and infidelity deeply affected her marriage by not being able to trust. Vaughn goes in depth on how forgiveness reflects the purpose of God in our lives. From her childhood to early teen years, Vaughn made plenty of sacrifices just for the sake of her family. Holding on to the pain, hurt and confusion of having so many responsibilities at such a young didn’t make life anymore easy. As years passed, Vaughn was able to have freedom; but that didn’t quite heal the open wounds that she still had inside. Like most, alcohols, drugs, and other material abuse are what most use to heal their frustrations. But with Vaughn, it was something that she’d never done before, something that she knew was wrong, sex. Vaughn says having sex at just the tender age of 15 was uncomfortable but made her feel secure. A feeling she never felt with her mother or father. In search for love in all the wrong places, Vaughn explains how having sex felt like she was closer than ever.While trying to fill the void, Vaughn became active and promiscuous, not realizing that she was setting herself up for something she wasn’t ready for. Sacrifice after sacrifice, Vaughn had to quit her job just two care for her younger siblings while managing to care for her own child. At this point Vaughn wanted to take her life away. But the power of God just wouldn’t let her. Strong and determined to make ends meet, Vaughn knew God had her back. Throughout everything she was going through, Vaughn relied on the power of prayer. Learning patterns & breaking barriers, Vaughn reflects on the struggles her mom and dad faced. Vaughn promised to claim and live a better life, for herself and most importantly for her family. In the process of writing her book, Vaughn realized that healing starts with yourself. She explains that forgiving others is an act of love & of Christ. Going through the healing process was not easy and although Vaughn had been through so much, she knew God wasn’t finished just yet. Romella Vaughn continues to walk in her purpose but uplifting others and trusting Gods plans for her life. Becoming naked before God and continuing her journey to fulfill her purpose, she exposes the true essence of beauty by living past your pain and dealing with your worries. Romella Vaughn invites you to read the intimate mishaps of her journey with God from deep hurt to dynamic healing.