CONVERSATIONS with EMILY
Life in Crisis
“I’ve been walking this path alone all of my life. It is just me and God wrestling this one out. I’m just tired. Defeated. Losing hope.” Those were her words, and I took them to heart.
Emily and my conversations are verbatim. God helped forge a friendship between us that would carry us through a year’s worth of private messaging. Their richness comes from the honesty and vulnerability of both of us with our own stories. Insights here make one think. What would you say? Do? How would you respond? Help? Life happens. You jump in there and do your best. Sometimes, it helps, as it did in this exchange.
At the conclusion of each post is a link to the next post in the series, for ease of navigating through the twenty-four Conversation with Emily posts.
Conversations with Emily (1) A Woman at Risk
Conversations with Emily (2 ) /Scared and Alone
Conversations with Emily (3) An Unlikely Friendship
Conversations with Emily (4) The Girl is Vulnerable
Conversations with Emily (5) It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Conversations with Emily (6) Pastor’s Daughter, Unwed and Pregnant
Conversations with Emily (7) Scared and in Emotional Pain
Conversations with Emily (8) Tears, Assault, and its Living Memory
Conversations with Emily (9) Healing will Remove the Silent Scream
Conversations with Emily (10) Insecurity, Stinkin’ Thinkin’, and Reality
Conversations with Emily (11) She was Just Plain Scared
Conversations with Emily (12) Speaking the Truth to Save a Life
Conversations with Emily (13) Healing from Abuse Takes a God-Sized Intervention
Conversations with Emily (14) A New Day for Friends
Conversations with Emily (15) Abuse Marks a Person
Conversations with Emily (16) Suicide, Abuse, and Memories
Conversations with Emily (17) Raped, Beaten, and Left for Dead
Conversations with Emily (18) Friendship, Daniel Fast, Be a Good Neighbor
Conversations with Emily (19) Struggle, Empathy, Sex, Overcoming
Conversations with Emily (20) Jesus with Skin On
Conversations with Emily (21) Emily Goes on a Date
Conversations with Emily (22) Emily and Me
Conversations with Emily (23) What Does it Mean?
Conversations with Emily (24) The End but Not the End
Emily approves of sharing these conversations. Her name and location have been changed for her protection.