Suzy, who had self-injured through cutting, told me there was another way she had chosen to hurt herself. In fact, it became her main form of “self-injury.” So she began to tell me her story.
It started out so innocent. Just wanting to be accepted and popular. But that turned into an all-consuming objective. Suzy would do whatever it took. One day it took too much.
A decision. A boy. A bed in a garage.
The force of her resolve shattered all other cautions. This was the only way to gain the acceptance she hoped for. She would do what it took to get it.
As Matt pulled her into his arms and onto the bed, she fully gave in to this goal.
In the next several moments she felt a faint but deep twinge in her heart. Like the sad dying of something important.
p. 28, Seduced by Sex, Saved by Love–A Journey Out of False Intimacy
Suzy’s life quickly tumbled into a downward spiral of choice after choice of sexual compromise. She said, “Having sex was another way to cut on myself.”
You may never have cut yourself, but maybe you understand her choice all too well. And her pain.
There’s much more to Suzy’s story. Yes, more painful choices, but also the discovery of an amazing hope as she realized she was being pursued by a Love that would fill all her aching needs and heal her deepest wounds.
You can read her true story and the story of others–both girls and guys–in Seduced by Sex, Saved by Love–A Journey Out of False Intimacy
Find more information about the book and a link to the excerpt here.
