WHY BUY THIS BOOK? Deacon Ruben Barela lived to be 100 years old. He rode the cycle of sin, repent, confess, and sin again for those entire 100 years. At the end he found that it wasn't a vicious circle of guilt, but rather a gently vortex by which he was always being pulled closer to God. In his testimonial of faith he provides examples of how a soul can endure.