A memoir and devotional guide

You are not the names they gave you.

For the rejected, the misunderstood, and anyone who has wondered if they truly belong: Come Home, Black Sheep is an invitation to hear the Shepherd calling you by your true name.

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Cover of Come Home, Black Sheep, showing a black sheep in a stormy wilderness beneath a break in the clouds — Come Home, Black Sheep by Joan Scott

For the rejected, misunderstood, and overlooked

There is a place for you.

You were never forgotten, never beyond His reach, and never too far away to hear the Shepherd calling. You are wanted. You are loved.

When the label began

Trace how painful words, rejection, and survival became beliefs about who you were and what you deserved.

The unseen walls

Understand the masks and defenses that once offered safety but later kept trust, love, and healing at a distance.

No longer the black sheep

Challenge each lie with God's Word and begin living from belonging instead of constantly searching for it.

Come Home, Black Sheep

There is a difference between what happened to you and what is true about you.

“For the first time in years, we were finally safe. But safety and healing are not the same thing.”

Joan learned to read a room before she was old enough to understand why. In a home shaped by violence, she became a protector for her younger siblings and carried responsibility no child should have to bear. Even after her mother led the family to safety, the fear, shame, and silence came with them.

At twelve, a teacher accused Joan of taking a story from a book because it was “too good” for her to have written. That moment planted a doubt she carried for 45 years. In these pages, the gift buried beneath someone else's words becomes part of the story God redeems.

Across nine chapters, Joan brings her experience into conversation with Joseph, the Prodigal Son, Queen Esther, and the truth of Scripture. She shows how a wound becomes a belief, how a belief shapes identity, and how renewing the mind can loosen the hold of labels that once felt permanent.

Truth does not ask you to deny what happened. It asks a deeper question: What did I begin believing about myself because of what happened to me?

“Your true identity is not found in the voices that wounded you, but in the voice of the One who created you.”

Joan Scott

Nine chapters. One journey home.

Take off what was never made for you.

The manuscript compares false identities to ill-fitting clothes: familiar after years of wear, but never designed for you. Each chapter helps you separate the reality of what happened from the conclusions pain taught you to believe.

Ask where a belief began and why it still feels true
Recognize survival patterns without confusing them with identity
Answer returning lies with the truth of God's Word
Move from performing for love to resting in belonging

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About the author

The voice she thought she never had became the story God was redeeming.

For decades, Joan believed she had nothing worth saying. Then a visitor to her church told her, “God is going to give you your voice back.”

Raised in a chaotic and abusive home, Joan learned to protect her siblings, anticipate danger, and hide her own pain. The survival patterns of childhood followed her into adult relationships and shaped the way she understood love, acceptance, and God.

After the end of her 26-year marriage, Joan entered a six-year wilderness in which she felt separated from God, her church community, and much of the life she knew. In time, she came to understand that God had not abandoned her. He was uncovering wounds that had remained hidden for decades.

Writing Come Home, Black Sheep became part of reclaiming the voice she lost at twelve and sharing hope with others walking a similar road.

Joan is the founder of Revival Fire Ministries and lives in Regina, Saskatchewan. Her work brings hope, healing, and encouragement to people who feel overlooked or far from God.

A final word to the black sheep

You were never the black sheep He wanted cast away. You were the black sheep He came looking for.

The Shepherd never stopped calling. Welcome home.

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