Actress O'Neill Talks About Her Life And Her God
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
WINONA LAKE - Actress Jennifer O'Neill talked about her relationship with God Saturday evening as guest speaker for the American Lyceum Lecture Series.
Before a packed Rodeheaver Auditorium house, O'Neill gave a quick tour of her life, a life of breathtaking highs and dramatic lows. A life now secure in the love of Jesus Christ.
In her autobiographical books, "Surviving Myself" and "From Fallen to Forgiveness," her enviable life as an actress, model and cosmetics spokeswoman is detailed. This weekend she talked about feeling unloved as a child, her lack of self-esteem, one abortion, nine miscarriages, sexual abuse of her daughter and other horrors.
"There is nothing so unattractive as an emotionally needy individual," she said of her many marriages.
"I was 38 when I came to God," she said, although she admits wanting to be the driving force in all outcomes and decisions, which led her to write "From Fallen to Forgiveness."
She said the hardest area of forgiveness is forgiving oneself, and that lack leads to disorders, depression and addictive behaviors.
"Leave retribution to God. Be strong and powerful, a billboard for his glory and his light," she said.
Using big gestures, jokes and stories to illustrate her stage time, O'Neill showed a vulnerable side when she talked about her work with Silent No More, an abortion recovery organization.
With a quavering voice she talked about the shame and secrecy of the operation and the 25 million U.S. citizens affected by the abortion decision.
"Each one of you knows someone who has had an abortion," she said. "Without healing, our lives are robbed on a daily basis. We're less than we can be."
Quoting from Ephesians 6:14-17, she said, "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God." [[In-content Ad]]
WINONA LAKE - Actress Jennifer O'Neill talked about her relationship with God Saturday evening as guest speaker for the American Lyceum Lecture Series.
Before a packed Rodeheaver Auditorium house, O'Neill gave a quick tour of her life, a life of breathtaking highs and dramatic lows. A life now secure in the love of Jesus Christ.
In her autobiographical books, "Surviving Myself" and "From Fallen to Forgiveness," her enviable life as an actress, model and cosmetics spokeswoman is detailed. This weekend she talked about feeling unloved as a child, her lack of self-esteem, one abortion, nine miscarriages, sexual abuse of her daughter and other horrors.
"There is nothing so unattractive as an emotionally needy individual," she said of her many marriages.
"I was 38 when I came to God," she said, although she admits wanting to be the driving force in all outcomes and decisions, which led her to write "From Fallen to Forgiveness."
She said the hardest area of forgiveness is forgiving oneself, and that lack leads to disorders, depression and addictive behaviors.
"Leave retribution to God. Be strong and powerful, a billboard for his glory and his light," she said.
Using big gestures, jokes and stories to illustrate her stage time, O'Neill showed a vulnerable side when she talked about her work with Silent No More, an abortion recovery organization.
With a quavering voice she talked about the shame and secrecy of the operation and the 25 million U.S. citizens affected by the abortion decision.
"Each one of you knows someone who has had an abortion," she said. "Without healing, our lives are robbed on a daily basis. We're less than we can be."
Quoting from Ephesians 6:14-17, she said, "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit, which is the word of God." [[In-content Ad]]