Diamonds in the Ruff
When God sends you where you don't want to go, He's preparing you for where you need to be.
Jasmine Baker thought she was answering a career call when she accepted a position as a behavior modification technician at Sterling Middle School. What she walked into was spiritual warfare disguised as public education.
Sterling Middle isn't just underfunded—it's under attack. Students carry trauma like backpacks, teachers have given up hope, and the principal runs the school like a prison. But God didn't send Jasmine here to maintain the status quo. He sent her to start a revolution.
Armed with nothing but faith, determination, and an unshakeable belief that every child is fearfully and wonderfully made, Jasmine begins to see what others have written off. She sees Michael's anger as a cry for help. Maria's silence as protection from pain. Carlos's defiance as a shield against disappointment.
But loving these children will cost her everything. When Jasmine chooses restoration over punishment, relationship over rules, and faith over fear, she finds herself fighting battles on every front—against an administration that values compliance over compassion, a system designed to fail the very children it claims to serve, and an enemy determined to steal, kill, and destroy the next generation.
Sometimes the most broken places are where God does His most beautiful work.
Diamonds in the Ruff is more than a story about education—it's a declaration of war against every system that devalues God's children. It's a love letter to every teacher who's ever used their own money to feed a hungry student, every parent who's fought for their child in a room full of people who'd already given up, and every person who believes that love is not just a feeling but a revolutionary act.
Because when love becomes method and faith becomes action, miracles don't just happen—they multiply.