In a world where trauma is often hidden behind filters and polished social media posts, Macdella Acolatse has chosen a different path radical honesty. In her debut book, “It’s Not a Coincidence!: Your Life’s Challenges Do Not Alter God’s Plans!”, she peels back the curtain on pain, betrayal, failure, and spiritual doubt and, in doing so, she’s igniting a national conversation about what it truly means to overcome.
This is not a book about instant deliverance or picture-perfect recovery. It’s about what faith looks like in the middle of the mess, when your life has collapsed and all the things you depended on people, plans, income are suddenly gone.
Macdella shares how she lost everything: her savings, her support system, even her stability. After a failed business venture meant to support her nonprofit mission in Liberia, she found herself homeless with her children, mocked on social media, betrayed by people she had once helped, and sitting in hospitals trying to care for a sick child with no idea where her next meal or miracle—would come from.
Yet through this harrowing experience, Macdella found something unexpected: purpose in the pain. Her book is a living testament to the idea that failure is not the end of the story—but the beginning of a new one.
From the very first chapter, she challenges readers to look at trauma differently. She doesn’t downplay sorrow, shame, or the heaviness of life’s emotional weight. Instead, she walks readers through it step by step: the sorrow that robs you of your joy, the shame that strips you of your identity, the bitterness that poisons your peace, and the doubt that convinces you God has turned away.
“I told God He had failed me,” she writes honestly. “But even as I prayed those words, I couldn’t stop talking to Him. I knew He was still listening.” That raw spiritual wrestling is what makes her story resonate so deeply. Many people have been taught to put on a strong face during trials, to pretend everything is fine. Macdella reminds us that it’s okay to feel broken—as long as you don’t stay there.
In her content writing questionnaire, Macdella described her mission as helping others learn how to deal with life’s emotions through God’s guidance. She’s not offering surface-level inspiration. She’s offering deep, spiritually grounded insight based on real experience. Her goal is to speak to those who feel stuck—emotionally, financially, spiritually—and show them how to start moving again, one surrendered step at a time.
What makes “It’s Not a Coincidence!” such a powerful resource is its ability to speak to both the heart and the spirit. Churches, counselors, support groups, and individuals struggling with trauma will find more than comfort here—they’ll find tools for redemption and transformation.
Macdella tackles tough themes like betrayal, bitterness, forgiveness, identity, and mental exhaustion. She shares how her desire to “prove a point” kept her trapped in cycles of anger, and how releasing blame—even when she had every right to hold on to it—was the key to her healing. “You can’t move forward while carrying what hurt you,” she reminds readers.
Her vulnerability is not a weakness—it’s the strength that’s fueling a broader dialogue around faith and trauma, especially among women of faith. Macdella is quickly becoming a voice for those who feel unseen, unheard, and unsure if their faith is strong enough to survive their reality.
And her message is clear: You are not disqualified by your failures. You are being refined by them. What tried to break you may just be the very thing God uses to build your purpose. Macdella Acolatse’s book isn’t just a testimony—it’s a battle cry for anyone ready to fight for their healing, their purpose, and their future. And judging by the growing momentum around her story, that conversation is only just beginning.