Startling Beauty

Feb 23–24, 2009 - comments: 1

Today Dr. Land’s special guest is Heather Gemmen, an author, speaker and a free-lance editor of children’s books. She joins us today to talk about the story that is told in her book Startling Beauty: My Journey from Rape to Restoration.

I know that this is not an easy story to tell and it will not be an easy story to hear, but it is good discovering how God’s grace wins in the end. I’m absolutely sure it will be worth the effort.

God is in the business of redemption, and this story is proof positive that He can take any situation and turn it around for His glory. Heather Gemmen’s story is truly every woman’s worst nightmare, but it is ultimately a story not only of survival, but of triumph and victory. For that reason it is a story to which everyone should listen, and one that our listeners will be glad they have heard.

It was Betsy Ten Boom, a Dutch believer who died in a Nazi concentration camp who said, “There is no pit so deep that God is not deeper still.” God has proven that profound statement to be true once more in Heather Gemmen’s life. What was mean for evil, God turned to good. The proof is in the sparkling eyes of her beautiful daughter.

topic(s): Faith, Family, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Parenting

1 comments

1 On Feb 25th, 2009, at 1:51pm, Mercedes wrote:

I was blessed by your personal testimony.You ried to use the morning after pill, God said No. You thought about abortion, God said No, You thought about adoption God said No.You meant evil against me; but God meant it for Good, in order to bring about as it is this day to save many people alive.  That’s what you did saved the life of the unborn child. What you did, others who hear and read about your testimony will be blessed to save lives.  You won’r reach all,I know you will reach one.  When your husband realized, the child was innocent,the act was bad. He love innocent Rachelt. Why you chose the name Rachel, because of the mother of Joseph?  Trials come,to make us strong.  People tell you they don’t know if they have kept the baby.  It was your test, and your testimony God had already in His plan and in His Will, it wasn’t for them to go through. All things do work together for the good.  You have to be called and love God, before it will work out for the good.

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