From the Editors February 6, 2012 Issue

Letters

Nancy Harrison, Linny Bee, Elizabeth Beall, Nancy Malard

Sarah Hyatt has spoken to me again. First her article “Fight or Flight—or Christ Light?” in the November Christian Science Journal was exactly what I needed.

Then I read her “Your freedom from sin—proved step by step,” in the January 2 Sentinel [“Freedom from sin”]. Reading how Sarah forgave her abusive father moved me to tears, thinking perhaps I, too, could finally forgive. While I’m blessed to have a wonderful dad, for years I’ve prayed to be able to forgive someone else—an abuser from my childhood. When I turned the page to the next article, though: Wow. I almost couldn’t read it (“Freed from dark sexual thoughts”). Written by a former would-be abuser, at first I was filled with disgust, rage, and hate. Why should I read this? But I persisted, and by the time I finished, I felt so much love for this dear man who yearned and prayed for a healing—and received it. I was chagrined to realize that my initial reaction was exactly what he’d feared. I’m so grateful to the Sentinel for having the courage to publish articles about such sensitive topics, and to the authors who write them. They’ve brought me healing time after time. While it’s only been a couple weeks, I feel free and expect my forgiveness to remain. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Nancy Harrison
Signal Mountain, Tennessee, US

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