If Time Heals

If time heals all wounds then there won't be no regrets, no resentments, no fear and no bondage of fear and hatred.

I have seen this limited series on Netflix, "Unbelievable" and I felt really sad for this girl who got raped, the misfortune was unbelievably terrible for her poor situation.

Marie, an introverted teenager who has recently been living alone got raped in her apartment with no signs of forced entry, no evidence whatsoever, even neighbors didn’t notice anything about the crime being committed that early morning. 

While Marie was being molested by a stranger, the police even accused her of false information, that started when one of Marie’s foster parents told the police that the girl has history of attention-seeking behavior in the past, and suspected that the rape incident might just be another ploy to get attention. Eventually, the investigation was dismissed, and the police even charged Marie for false information. She has to endure probation, fines, court mandated counseling therapy, and the worst she lost her friends, and the public’s trust. She was even bullied by the people and the media. 

However, we still have good cops around, people who desire for the truth and won’t conform to the meager source of evidence. When another rape case surfaced, two female cops took the challenge to uncover the mystery of identical rape crimes from several different places, and found out that this serial rapist has been repeatingly doing the same crime from different women, and the yougest was Marie.

The twist and positive break for Marie started when the suspect got the maximum penalty of his crime, and the police who carelessly interprets Marie’s crime story admitted his fault and offered the poor girl $500 worth of check reimbursement for the fine, but Marie didn’t accept it and even sued the city for all her misfortunes after the incident. She got a settlement of $150,000, she accepted it and rebuilt her life. And, I commend her for doing it. The lawyer suggested negotiating for more, but Marie said that she just wanted the police and everyone to accept that they made a mistake, and the money was enough for her to start anew. 

I love this line from the film;

“If the truth is inconvenient, they don’t believe it's true”

This was Marie’s line during her counseling, and that was just heartbreaking because it really sheds some truth.

Anyway, going back to the topic: time. I often hear some people say that time heals our wounds eventually, but I think this is not always the case. Women who experienced molestation and cruelty do not forget the pain. While watching this movie, and hearing the plight of the victims, though they might have lived back to their usual way of life, the pain and the fear creep in when they’re alone and vulnerable. The trauma might have caused them to build walls from certain people and things, or might develop to phobias.

Time won’t heal, justice does. And, this cruel world won’t always give us the legal earthly justice we always want, and that  is often a sad reality for all unsolved crimes. But, we still deserve justice and healing, though, in some other way. God’s deliverance will set us free from that bondage of hurt and insecurity.

"'I will restore your health, and I will heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord.” -Jeremiah 30-17

And, I love this quote too. Yah, we thought we have lots of time, what if we don't. Seek for healing now, forgive yourself and others.

Thanks for reading guys!

Thought this would be apt for @JonicaBradley 's prompt: TIME.

Another article that would be great for this prompt too: Don't Waste Your Time.

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04/27/2022

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