May 31, 2021
Demetrye Isoldi grew up in a broken home.
His mother was verbally, physically and psychologically abusive to him and his sister, and she would sometimes sleep with men in front of them. His biological dad was a rapist and pedophile who spent most of his time in and out of jail, and his brother today is serving three life sentences for murder. But it was the harm done to him by his mother that left the biggest mark.
“All she knew was hurt. All she knew was pain. And that's what she gave me,” he said.
Recovering from the pain of his childhood and eventually going to seminary inspired Demetrye to write his book “Son of a Whore.” It was in the seminary that he was finally able to leave survival mode, with all its scarcity and insecurities, behind him and embrace the man God wanted him to be.
“I wrote that (book) because I wanted to give someone who may have had the same upbringing as me hope to realize that they can survive it, and not only survive but be the father, the husband and the individual that God created them to be,” he said.
On this episode of True North Man, Paul and Demetrye talk about forgiveness and becoming the parent you didn’t have.
What You’ll Learn
Favorite Quote:
“One of the things that I've really become comfortable with is embracing pain. We're quick to become averse to pain. We resist pain. We're quick to grab onto joy, happiness, all these things, because it feels good… look at Christ. He endured pain. if he hadn’t endured pain, we wouldn't have what we have today. So pain, if we allow it, can be a teacher to teach us something. Instead of avoiding the pain, sometimes you need to sit in that pain to learn whatever it is that we need to learn.”
— Demetrye Isoldi
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