From a young age, Paulina Torres knew what it was to feel hurt.

The person that my mom married was an alcoholic. Every time he would drink, something would happen.

And when I was seven, he molested me for the first time.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Lies Women Believe, for January 24th, 2019.

Before we get started today, just a word to parents of little ones. Today's Revive Our Hearts program

is going to cover some topics that you might want to shield from young ears. Now, we live in a day

when we hear more and more about sexual abuse. Sadly, there's nothing new about any kind of abuse.

It's been around for thousands of years. But recently,

we've been made more aware of the scope of the problem in our day. Perhaps you know firsthand,

the confusion and hurt that results when someone else takes advantage of you or steals your

innocence. Here at Revive Our Hearts, we care about your story and your

journey, and we want to do everything we can to help you think it through from a biblical

perspective. So today and tomorrow, we're going to hear the story of a woman named Paulina.

We'll hear about the pain she experienced for years. And even more importantly,

we'll hear about the hope and healing that she is experienced through coming to know Jesus.

I was born in Mexico City and my parents were divorced when I was two. So very early in my life, I grew up without my father.

Paolina experienced very little stability in her childhood. Her mother was constantly on the move,

and emotionally needy. She always was very dependent on men. So ever since she separated from my father, divorced my father,

she always had a man in her life. She always felt the need of having a man. So I guess she was all

just wanting to run away from her life. That desire to escape brought Paulolina and her mom and siblings out of Mexico.

When we were in Florida, we lived with my aunt and she ended up kicking us out.

And we were in a different country, so my mom didn't have any money.

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