FORGIVING THE UNFORGIVABLE
S. VON JOHNSON, AUTHOR
THE TRUE STORY OF WOMAN’S TRIUMPH
OVER UNSPEAKABLE CHILDHOOD ABUSE
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he was raped at the age of 8, pregnant at the age
of 9, and forced to marry her rapist at the age of
11 to keep him from going to prison. No this is not the
1800’s era or on a slave plantation. It was 1969, the
city is Tampa, Florida and the scene of the offence was
the church. This was Destiny’s life, a story of how God
can take the most atrocious scenario and turn it into a
life of greatness.
Based on her true life story, author S. Von Johnson,
who in the book she is called Destiny, lived a life of tragedy, having no one to turn to during her troubled childhood. The abuse started at the age of 5 when she was
fondled by the son of the drummer from her church. He
entered her home while she was asleep. Awaken by
his touch, scared and confused, not truly understanding what was happening to her at that tender age but
old enough to realize that it wasn’t righ