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The Unfolding

Page 117: Christa DiEmidio

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9868 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

When Christa DiEmidio was growing up, she often felt alone. It seemed God was either nonexistent or He simply didn't care. Christa had the freedom to do what she wanted. So she set out in search of something to fill the emptiness. That search let to an addiction that nearly destroyed her life. But an encounter with God helped her know she was never alone.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Page 117 of the unfolding is the story of Krista Diomedio.

0:05.2

Why would my life be like this?

0:07.1

Why would my parents not love me?

0:09.0

I didn't ask to be put here.

0:10.6

These were things that I would say to myself.

0:12.8

I didn't ask to be born.

0:14.2

And now you've kind of like left me.

0:16.3

And so just the anger, resentment building over the years.

0:21.6

God's story has been unfolding.

0:25.1

Since the beginning of time.

0:28.3

He invites you to be a part of it.

0:34.6

Another page in the unfolding.

0:46.5

Yeah. Another page in the unfolding. Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

0:48.7

When Krista DiMedia was growing up, the people who should have loved and cared for her didn't do that. No one was there to set

0:56.0

healthy boundaries, to protect her, to meet her needs. She felt alone and unloved. It seemed God was either

1:03.2

non-existent or he simply didn't care. In many ways, she raised herself. She had freedom to do

1:09.3

whatever she wanted, and so she did what many of us do.

1:12.5

She set off in search of something to fill the emptiness inside her.

1:17.6

I was not raised in a church. My mom got pregnant when she was 15 and had me when she was 16,

1:24.0

and my father was 18, and they were married for two years. And then they divorced.

1:32.2

So, you know, generationally, my mother came from divorced parents, went to move with her father,

1:40.2

felt like, you know, she was going to be daddy's little girl looking for, you know, to be that center,

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