Ordinary People Finding Jesus Continued
Pauline Howell
- Behind
- closed
- doors,
- what
- seems
- like
- an
- ordinary
- life
- can
- be
- anything
- but
- –
- and
- often
- for
- all
- the
- wrong
- reasons.
- In
- this
- raw
- life
- story,
- author
- Pauline
- Howell
- shares
- her
- own
- journey
- through
- darkness
- to
- demonstrate
- what
- it
- means
- to
- fall
- into
- despair
- and
- ultimately
- discover
- the
- light
- of
- hope
- and
- freedom.
Raised
- in
- South
- Africa,
- Pauline's
- childhood
- was
- disrupted
- when
- her
- mother
- remarried
- a
- violent,
- alcoholic
- man.
- A
- knife
- wound
- in
- his
- back
- marked
- the
- beginning
- of
- a
- series
- of
- horrific
- events
- she
- would
- witness.
- Her
- own
- experience
- with
- a
- succession
- of
- abusive
- husbands
- led
- to
- decades
- of
- mental
- anguish,
- spiralling
- into
- bulimia
- and
- depression.
- It
- felt
- as
- though
- evil
- had
- her
- in
- its
- grip.
This
- is
- a
- gritty
- story
- of
- suicide,
- family
- loss,
- tragedy,
- illness,
- and
- pain.
- Yet,
- for
- Pauline,
- it
- was
- simply
- life.
- Despite
- the
- brokenness
- and
- despair,
- God
- was
- at
- work
- in
- her
- life,
- leading
- her
- towards
- healing.
- A
- job
- opportunity
- in
- the
- United
- Kingdom
- took
- her
- to
- a
- foreign
- land
- where
- she
- knew
- no
- one
- –
- except
- the
- God
- who
- loved
- her.
Pauline
- Howell's
- testimony
- offers
- profound
- hope
- to
- those
- whose
- lives
- have
- become
- unbearable,
- who
- feel
- isolated
- on
- the
- margins
- of
- society.
- You
- are
- not
- alone.
- This
- is
- her
- story
- of
- recovery,
- through
- the
- healing
- hands
- of
- Jesus,
- her Saviour.
