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Feeling alone and afraid, six-year-old Darlene hides under the porch, crying. When her sister finds her, Darlene is unable to explain the fear she faces at nighttime. Later, as a wife and a mother, she processes the impact of the sexual abuse while struggling with depression. Through this deep emotional pain, she recognizes that Christ has already won the victory over Satan. But can she forgive her father? And can she find peace as she sets out to learn the truth about her biological mother?

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Darlene Martens is a dynamic storyteller. She shares how God's amazing grace was applied to the heart-wrenching issues of her childhood. Her recurrent references to Psalm 139 reveal how God spoke the certainty of His abounding love deep into her being and help the reader take hold of this truth for themselves. Darlene Martens has come out from under the dark porch of despair into the light of God's amazing grace and abounding love! --Sherry Stahl, International speaker, blogger, and author of Water in the Desert With remarkable resilience and a captivating writing style, Darlene brings hope and healing with honesty. She unwraps this beautifully written gift through her story, layer by layer revealing God's unfailing and unconditional love. Sit back and enjoy Amazing Grace, Abounding Love. You won't want to put it down. --Todd Stahl, Illustrator, and author of 40 Days In The Man Cave Amazing Grace, Abounding Love is a courageous portrayal of Darlene Martens's personal journey to sustain her faith in God throughout a life that has often been filled with loneliness, despair, and self-doubt. We are reminded that God is always present, especially during those moments when we are convinced He has abandoned us. This book provides us with a renewed sense of hope that He is with us always and we are all worthy of God's enduring love. --Cynthia Kappes, MSW, RSW [Darlene's] story touched my soul. I was reminded that I too am a child of God, I too am His great creation, and He loves me and knows my inner being. Then I cried and rejoiced for a God who not only saved me by His grace but who has shown His grace in my life, and with all of us. --Annette Amazing Grace, Abounding Love is a story of love and of finding the greatest love of all, again and again; the depth of Jesus's love for His daughter is astounding! One will not be able to read this story and not be changed. It overflows with the grace and truth of a girl who discovers she is never alone. Unable to put the manuscript down, I drank it in and felt the impact of her words. --KellyAnne LaFlair, ASL/English Interpreter

"""Darlene Martens is a dynamic storyteller. She shares how God's amazing grace was applied to the heart-wrenching issues of her childhood. Her recurrent references to Psalm 139 reveal how God spoke the certainty of His abounding love deep into her being and help the reader take hold of this truth for themselves. Darlene Martens has come out from under the dark porch of despair into the light of God's amazing grace and abounding love!""--Sherry Stahl, International speaker, blogger, and author of Water in the Desert ""With remarkable resilience and a captivating writing style, Darlene brings hope and healing with honesty. She unwraps this beautifully written gift through her story, layer by layer revealing God's unfailing and unconditional love. Sit back and enjoy Amazing Grace, Abounding Love. You won't want to put it down.""--Todd Stahl, Illustrator, and author of 40 Days In The Man Cave ""Amazing Grace, Abounding Love is a courageous portrayal of Darlene Martens's personal journey to sustain her faith in God throughout a life that has often been filled with loneliness, despair, and self-doubt. We are reminded that God is always present, especially during those moments when we are convinced He has abandoned us. This book provides us with a renewed sense of hope that He is with us always and we are all worthy of God's enduring love.""--Cynthia Kappes, MSW, RSW ""[Darlene's] story touched my soul. I was reminded that I too am a child of God, I too am His great creation, and He loves me and knows my inner being. Then I cried and rejoiced for a God who not only saved me by His grace but who has shown His grace in my life, and with all of us.""--Annette ""Amazing Grace, Abounding Love is a story of love and of finding the greatest love of all, again and again; the depth of Jesus's love for His daughter is astounding! One will not be able to read this story and not be changed. It overflows with the grace and truth of a girl who discovers she is never alone. Unable to put the manuscript down, I drank it in and felt the impact of her words. ""--KellyAnne LaFlair, ASL/English Interpreter"

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Darlene Martens and her husband Jake have been married for more than forty years and continue to live in southern Ontario. She works as a clinical social worker/therapist and has helped so many hurting people find healing. Her passion is to see others put their faith in Jesus Christ as their Saviour and to rest safe and secure in His loving arms, knowing that they are children of God.

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