Saint Maria Goretti

This little 11 year old girl’s story brought me to my knees today. Please watch it.

The last few years have brought me enemies in a way I never thought possible.

Faces I don’t care to ever see again.

I have known betrayal and heartbreak I never ever could have even imagined.

The sheer weight of the aftermath and loss and grief has been suffocating at times… And still it doesn’t hold a candle to this one small girl’s plight and her family’s.

I have wrestled long with what forgiveness even looks like in these places and how to even set about that work, but this story has brought it into such intense clarity.

And perhaps, it comes like this small girl, in the midst of her anguish… Just simply clinging to what Jesus wants us to do.

Letting go instead of holding on.

Hurting without lashing back.

And trusting, as year piles on year, that He can do something with that surrendered story, (no matter how long it has been) to bring Him glory. Jesus, I forgive those that have caused me pain and wanted my ruin.

They owe me nothing.

Please take all these broken pieces and bring glory only You can, that we may all be whole in Heaven together one day, with only love between us. This is the only victory to be had here on this earth.

Amen St. Maria Goretti pray for us