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A review by shoelessmama
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculée Ilibagiza
4.0
Amazing! Her simple words brought me to tears, her straightforward manner during seemingly insurmountable crisis is commendable and her incredible faith in God is inspiring. If anyone is struggling with forgiveness they NEED to read this book. Immaculee Ilibagiza was able to forgive those who had savagely murdered her family, friends and neighbors. Many of the perpetrators WERE her friends and neighbors!
"The killers were like children... they were cruel, vicious, and dangerous, as kids sometimes can be, but nevertheless, they were children...they'd hurt their Tutsi brothers and sisters, they'd hurt God- and they didn't understand how badly they were hurting themselves... despite their atrocities they were children of God, and I could forgive a child, although it would not be easy... especially when that child was trying to kill me. In God's eyes the killers were part of his family, deserving of love and forgiveness." pg. 94
"The killers were like children... they were cruel, vicious, and dangerous, as kids sometimes can be, but nevertheless, they were children...they'd hurt their Tutsi brothers and sisters, they'd hurt God- and they didn't understand how badly they were hurting themselves... despite their atrocities they were children of God, and I could forgive a child, although it would not be easy... especially when that child was trying to kill me. In God's eyes the killers were part of his family, deserving of love and forgiveness." pg. 94