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Before I Knew Who Jesus Was
Paperback
Christian FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Bianca Vadivellu
Published: Jun 17 2026
Pages: 174
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
She spent her life trying to earn God's love-until she discovered it had already been given.
To her community, her legalistic mother, and the congregation at Grace Covenant Church, Sophia Matthews is the absolute gold standard of spiritual discipline. As a high-achieving ministry leader, her life is a flawlessly managed grid of corporate campaigns and volunteer rosters. But beneath her polished exterior lies a suffocating secret: Sophia knows everything about God, but she doesn't truly know Him.
Trapped in an exhausting cycle of perfectionism and guilt, she views God as a strict cosmic judge who must be continually appeased through performance. But when an abrupt institutional shift strips Sophia of her prestigious title and career identity, her carefully constructed world collapses. Left empty-handed in a silent, unexpected reality, her nervous system fractures into total spiritual burnout.
Guided by a gentle Christian counselor, Caleb, Sophia is forced to confront a devastating paradox: she spent her whole life working around Jesus without ever knowing His heart. Through a beautiful season of unhurried rest, she begins to dismantle her religion of fear.
Before I Knew Who Jesus Was is an emotionally resonant journey of deconstruction and resurrection. Exploring powerful themes of relationship versus performance, freedom from legalism, and unconditional grace, this moving work of Christian women's fiction captures the radical transformation of a woman who loses her religious empire-only to find the living, breathing reality of Christ.
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