Living His Word
Marie was a timid young woman, not yet twenty, who often came to our church’s youth center. All through high school, Marie and her sister were not allowed to play sports or even attend sports activities. Their parents demanded that they come directly home from school. As far as we could tell, the youth center was the only place they were allowed to go that was not under their parents’ watchful protection.
When Marie’s parents moved to another state, the girls were given a choice: move with them, or take an apartment together. It was a first breath of freedom–and one they were not at all prepared to handle. The girls opted for the apartment, but the sister moved away shortly thereafter. Totally on her own for the first time, unprepared and never having faced the world alone, Marie was a disaster waiting to happen. Read the rest of this entry »
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