How can she stand up there so tall as shes telling us how her mother beat her and her father molested her when she was a little girl? How is it possible for her to look so proud? How is she not being consumed by shame? She should be disintegrating before our eyes. She should be struck by lightning, and Gods big, angry, booming voice should be shaking the room with How dare you? I told you never to tell. But thats not her God, she says. Her God is loving and kind and wants whats best for her. Her God loves peace and serenity and forgiveness. Her God doesnt make her keep secrets. I thought I knew God all my life, but maybe it was some other guy the whole time. I want this God. I want Vals God. I want a God who doesnt make me jump through hoops and hate myself to earn his love.

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