String of Pearls: Healing Sexual Abuse

String of Pearls: Healing from Sexual Abuse is a Christ-centered journey from pain to pearls to purpose for women who have been sexually abused. The author, Dr. Masica Jordan, was a victim of and now a victor over horrendous sexual abuse beginning in childhood.

Dr. Jordan's String of Pearls (SOP) model for healing from sexual abuse takes the reader through a 54 day process that is divided into six sections. Each section is a stage in the process of healing sexual abuse that parallels the stages the oyster goes through in creating its pearl and how it is finally presented to the world in all its beauty.

It all begins with an Intrusion, then the painful Recognition that this intrusion was a damaging violation and betrayal. This realization is followed by the Transformation of the harmful "irritant" into a precious pearl.

Once the creation of the pearl is complete, it is time for Extraction, the opening up of the oyster and removing the pearl so that it can become a testimony of God's grace. The fifth stage is the Presentation of the pearl to the world in a jewelry setting or on a String of Pearls. Here Dr. Jordan tells the sexually abused woman, "Just as a pearl is used to make beautiful jewelry, so will you be able to use the pearls that come out of your trauma to help others."

The final stage is the life-long process of Polishing this costly pearl, this "pearl of great price." Dr. Jordan is personally and painfully aware that the thought that something beautiful can be created out of something that was once so painful, damaging and debilitating may seem impossible, but she herself is now a beautiful String of Pearls that gives hope to others and this book is a powerful testimony to her faith that "with God, all things are possible."