by Merita | May 16, 2024 | Identity Restored
Are You Controlled? “No one controls me,” you say. Are you sure? Step back and take a hard look. What movies are available? What songs? What toys for your children or you when you were a child? What is repeated and emphasized in the “news?” The tragedies that are...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Sep 21, 2021 | Breaking through Darkness, Childhood Abuse and Trauma, Identity Restored, Points of Light, Restoration from Abuse
Rose-Marie* stood at the sink washing dishes. By hand. One pan was so dirty it needed special treatment. Like her heart. She knew God loved her, but her ability to love and forgive seemed wretched. How did God’s way work for her? Or anyone? She twitched her head....
by Merita Atherly Engen | Jul 6, 2021 | Childhood Abuse and Trauma, Identity Restored, Points of Light, Restoration from Abuse
It didn’t matter what she did, it wasn’t good enough. Evangeline let the door slam behind her. Her mop of curls bounced auburn at her forehead. Stones nipped the callouses on her bare feet, but there were no stupid rules along the creek bank. Turtles and tadpoles...
by Merita Atherly Engen | Jun 16, 2021 | Breaking through Darkness, Childhood Abuse and Trauma, Healer, Identity Restored, Points of Light, Restoration from Abuse, Shining on God's Character
It’s dark on top of our hill out here in the country—miles from any town. Very dark, with no electricity. I love to sleep in total darkness, but I don’t want to live in it. I slip away from my bed and wander outside. I’ve been interacting with survivors of childhood...
