When Victimhood Becomes Identity: How Self-Pity Keeps Us Stuck—and God’s Path to Freedom

After three decades of walking alongside victims of unspeakable cruelty and abuse, I have witnessed God transform ashes into beauty in ways that still leave me in awe. Those stories of redemption are why I continue in a ministry many would rather avoid.

When Victimhood Becomes Identity: How Self-Pity Keeps Us Stuck—and God’s Path to Freedom

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After three decades of walking alongside victims of unspeakable cruelty and abuse, I have witnessed God transform ashes into beauty in ways that still leave me in awe.

Those stories of redemption are why I continue in a ministry many would rather avoid.

One of the hardest parts of this work, however, is watching people who never move beyond their victimhood.

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After three decades of walking alongside victims of unspeakable cruelty and abuse, I have witnessed God transform ashes into beauty in ways that still leave me in awe. Those stories of redemption are why I continue in a ministry many would rather avoid. One of the hardest parts of this work, however, is watching people who never move beyond their victimhood.

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