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All that horrible stuff happened under evergreen trees. I go outside and I sit my back against a

hemlock tree and I look up and I say to the Lord, would you just be the daddy who will never leave me? I didn't come to the Lord would you just be the daddy who will never leave me.

I didn't come to the Lord out of sense of my own sinfulness,

of course that would come, but I just have this desperate whole

of needing a dad. That began the many, many, many year journey of walking out what

his healing looked like. Welcome to Family Life Today, where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most.

I'm Shelby Abbott and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson.

You can find us at family life today.com.

This is family life today. So I just read somewhere that this author said when you tell your story it helps you heal.

Do you feel like telling your

abuse story helped you heal? I read that same quote and I was... She might be in the

studio with us today. I was resonating with that. I would have never guessed it because of my own

abuse what you want to do is hide the story, hide yourself, hide everything and

you think the last thing you ever want to do is tell your story.

But there's something about telling your story that brings healing.

Yeah, so where are we going today?

Mary, Demuth is back with us, Mary.

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