"By man's standards, I had broken no laws. Still I guarded and justified my secrets.
Doesn't everyone?
Do you?"

Secrets can be caustic...

I attended church but buried my secrets, creating shame, self-loathing, guilt, and soul-racking pain. I knew by God's laws, I would be judged as a sinner, an adulteress, and a murderer. The appalling choices I had made brought me to the very gates of Hell: emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Instead of reaching out to my Christian friends and church leaders, I became God's prodigal daughter, grasping at worldly solutions. Hopeless and...