Topic > Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza - 694

In her book, Immaculée Ilibagiza shares the power of faith in God through her moving experience of the Rwandan genocide. God saved her life for a reason. “He left me to tell my story to others and show as many people as possible the driving force of his Love and Forgiveness” (208-09). His book demonstrates that “with God all things are possible.” Its goal is not to provide a historical account of Rwanda and/or the genocide. She tells her story. He attests that with God's help forgiveness is possible, even towards those who killed his parents. His book aims to help people let go of the chains of hatred and anger and be able to truly live in God who is love. Left to Tell is a breathtaking book that demonstrates the fact that “the love of a single heart can make a world of difference” (210). The book is divided into three parts and each part into eight chapters. The author tells how God saved her from the darkness of death and helped her discover who He really is. The first part of the book tells the family context of Immaculée. The love he experienced from his parents and three brothers is illustrated. His parents cared for everyone, especially the poor. Because of the love she grew up with, she never realized that she lived in a country where hatred against the Tutsi, her tribe, was rampant. It wasn't until her teacher asked her to stand up in class during an ethnic roll call that she realized her neighbors weren't what she thought they were: good and friendly. After struggling to get into high school and college, not because she wasn't qualified but because of discrimination against her ethnic background, she worked hard to demonstrate that if women are given the opportunity to... halfway of the paper... ...relatives were killed. She had to deal with anger and had no one to talk to, not even the other women because they were under strict orders not to say a word. He couldn't bear the pain of staying in the house of someone who had kicked out his brother. Yet it is in Mulinzi's bathroom that Immaculée discovered God during the Rwandan Holocaust. He discovered God after many temptations from the devil who wanted his soul to be imprisoned by vengeance. He prayed for the thousands of Tutsis who had been murdered and prayed that their murderers would come into the powerful light of God and be changed by his love: “Touch them with your Divine Love, God. Only then will they drop their machetes and fall to their knees. Please God move them to stop their massacre. Forgive them" (105). After this prayer, things were never the same again. Immaculée discovered the light of God and remained there.