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Divine Reversal
With vulnerability and transparency, Susan Joy Simkins shares her island girl’s journey through surviving domestic violence and sexual and pastoral abuse. As a single parent, she pursued a Ph.D. and became a full professor. If you want to find hope, Divine Reversal provides a powerful story of healing from abuse and the restoration available through God’s offer of transformation. Susan Joy Simkins courageously shares her own journey so that others surviving abuse, lost in the deception of shame, and in need of hope may know that pain doesn’t have the final word. Ashes can be transformed into beauty, brokenness made whole, and depression swallowed up by joy. May this story of hope launch you into experiencing and rejoicing in your own God-sized Divine Reversal. .
Dr. Susan Joy Simkins is a professor of psychology at the Pennsylvania State University where she has conducted award-winning research and taught students for over twenty-five years. Connect with Susan at divinereversal.com .
Dr. Susan Joy Simkins is a professor of psychology at the Pennsylvania State University where she has conducted award-winning research and taught students for over twenty-five years. Connect with Susan at divinereversal.com .
350 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 23, 2020
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July 26, 2020
Simkins' memoir is both terrifying and wondrous. That she was able to overcome the emotional crippling of the abuse and manipulations from her childhood and teenage years, is nothing short of amazing. As a reader, I felt sad and angry at what happened to her in her younger years but delighted that she is now happy and secure in her life. Thanks to Simkins' willingness to publish her story with such transparency, I feel certain that those in similar abusive situations who read this book will have the courage to find their way out.
September 26, 2020
Divine Reversal
helped helped Divine Reversal is truly a wonderful display of how God can "beauty for ashes". I felt pain for a abused sensitive girl who wanted to be loved and appreciated. Then I felt joy in the woman who after trusting God found that and much more. Disliked the pastor who took advantage of her and the adults who did not come to her aid when they became aware of the abuse. I liked the people that made her realize that she was taken advantage of as a child and helped her to get over the shame and work for a better future.
helped helped Divine Reversal is truly a wonderful display of how God can "beauty for ashes". I felt pain for a abused sensitive girl who wanted to be loved and appreciated. Then I felt joy in the woman who after trusting God found that and much more. Disliked the pastor who took advantage of her and the adults who did not come to her aid when they became aware of the abuse. I liked the people that made her realize that she was taken advantage of as a child and helped her to get over the shame and work for a better future.
October 6, 2021
A great recounting of how God can bring wholeness to brokenness, dignity to shame, and beauty from ashes. A beautiful story of God's mercy, protection and provision. Before I was even midway through, I was recommending this read to others.
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