Diamond in the Rough Unveiled Part One

Left alone to raise four children following a bitter divorce, Balderes Alvarez’s life careened on a path of self-destruction.

Today, she is a wife, a mother, and stepmother of six adult children and eight grandchildren. She holds a master’s degree in theology and is a preacher and teacher at her church. She also speaks at churches and other venues, sharing with others both the tragic and wonderful details of her life’s journey.

Remove the names and dates, and her story could be that of any woman who, when faced with rejection, abandonment, and loneliness, is left with daunting choices to make. Balderes’s choices led her to a dark life of addiction and neglect where she lost sight of the light of God piercing through. But thanks be to God, he did break through and brought about forgiveness, miraculous healing, and complete deliverance. Balderes’s biographical sketch offers women truths about the power of God to break through and unveil the diamond that each life can be. Whatever the circumstance, however badly battered, no life is beyond the transforming power of our Divine Diamond Cutter. Every lost and suffering soul is a diamond in the rough. The question for the reader: are you ready to be unveiled?