Thin Places Testimony Month: Carol shares her story

Carol wrote:

Mary DeMuth’s photograph on the back of her newest release, Thin Places, proves her now-healed and open soul, so sweetly and honestly laid before her readers. Her story of childhood sexual abuse and subsequent deep-rooted insecurities can help other women who have suffered similar travesties in their lives.

DeMuth spares nothing in creating the images necessary for our understanding and yet, we are able to take it in. There is no dwelling on self-pity, no bitterness. She seeks healing from her Savior. She processes her memories for us through the lens of forgiveness found in Christ. She sets the example for those of us who know all too well what she’s talking about. We are not to live in our past and are not to bear those burdens forever in silence, unprotected.

We choose to allow God to take it from us, to hear the cries, to salve the soul. We learn from other authors and other believers how to process our own pain.

Thanks to Mary DeMuth for the soul photography in Thin Places, where we sense the presence of God in all His magnificence. It truly is only through our weakness that we are strong.