When life hits hard—when plans collapse, betrayal strikes, or uncertainty overshadows everything—we often question our faith. Is God listening? Does He even care? These are not abstract questions for Macdella Acolatse. They were her reality.
In her deeply honest and spiritually powerful book, “It’s Not a Coincidence!: Your Life’s Challenges Do Not Alter God’s Plans!”, Macdella takes readers through the emotional and spiritual fires she walked through—and how faith didn’t just get her through the fire, it transformed her in it.
Macdella’s story is filled with moments many of us can relate to, even if we haven’t lived her exact experiences. Homelessness, betrayal by trusted friends, public humiliation, overwhelming financial loss—all while trying to be a good parent, serve others, and follow God. In one particularly raw chapter, she recounts sitting in a hospital room with her sick child, watching her life unravel. At that moment, she didn’t feel strong. She didn’t feel spiritual. She felt abandoned.
But that’s exactly where the transformation began.
According to Macdella, trusting God isn’t about perfection, it’s about positioning—choosing to lean into God even when He feels distant. She writes about yelling at God, questioning His silence, and feeling like He had failed her. And yet, somehow, she kept praying. Not because she felt strong—but because somewhere deep down, she knew she had no other solid ground to stand on.
Through scripture, prayer, and deep reflection, Macdella began to understand something many of us miss: God’s plan is never canceled by pain. The very trials we wish away may be the exact fires that refine us for our divine purpose.
The book explores how bitterness, vengeance, and self-pity slowly dissolve the soul if we let them. Macdella doesn’t shy away from admitting that she struggled with all of these emotions. But rather than staying stuck, she teaches readers—through her lived experience—how to confront those feelings, surrender them, and grow stronger through them. Trusting God in the fire, she explains, means refusing to let pain define your future or distort your identity.
In her questionnaire, Macdella shares that her lifelong mission is to help others understand that their life’s challenges are not random, nor are they meant to break them. Her experiences are a testimony that faith is not a nice-to-have when life is good—it’s a must-have when life falls apart. She’s not offering cliché comfort or abstract theology. She’s giving us real answers, rooted in personal struggle and a deep relationship with God.
What’s truly special about this book is that Macdella doesn’t write from the other side of the fire. She started writing while still in it—still homeless, still hurting, still healing. That’s what makes her message so real and so needed. She reminds us that God doesn’t wait until we have it all together to show up—He meets us in the ashes and lifts us up when we choose to trust Him.
Macdella’s voice in the book is part sister, part coach, and part prayer warrior. She encourages readers to stop asking “why me?” and start asking, “what now?” What can this fire teach me? Who am I becoming through this?
In a time when many are silently suffering, “It’s Not a Coincidence!” offers a timely and timeless truth: Faith doesn’t prevent the fire—but it transforms you through it. So if you’re in a season of sorrow, uncertainty, or deep trial, know this: trusting God won’t make the pain disappear overnight. But as Macdella Acolatse powerfully shows us, it will turn your fire into fuel, your pain into purpose, and your weakness into wisdom.