Status Updates From Redeeming Love

“Forgiving others for what they had done to her had come far easier than forgiving herself.” This is so true. I’ve experienced this precisely.

I hate that she still blames herself. It was not her fault.

FINALLY PAUL HAS CRACKED. “That day on the road, I knew you were right. You were right. I betrayed him.” “I could’ve said no.” “Did you know that then?” FINALLY. He finally understands that he raped her. THANK GOD. But now suddenly I feel his pain and see a broken person who made a mistake. Just like me. We all fall short.

“Until this moment he’d thought it was because he loved Miriam too much, but he saw clearly now that he had loved himself more. Angel had understood a higher quality of love: sacrifice.” MY SWEET GIRL. Mirroring God’s love.

“You never understood her, Paul. You never even tried. Maybe if you had tried, just once, things might have been different. Amanda would never let me inside. Not completely. I don’t think she ever let anyone know how much pain she felt, not even Michael. Maybe you could have tried to help her!” 💔

Everyone should read…taking it slow because of its intensity. The movie made me cry for a long time and feel every emotion under the sun, and the book is even better. It’s a very faithful adaptation of the Hosea story and I can feel it in my heart