Listening to the Remarkable Elizabeth Smart

After reading Carl Trueman's post on "A New Christian Crime," I saw some on-line videos of Elizabeth Smart's response to the escape of the abducted women and was blown away by her courage and grace.  I then read her remarks about the role that abstinence training had in the shame that she felt.  Carl is right to be frustrated about how those remarks are being used in the media to smear all such training (link).  At the same time, we can only be heart-broken by what actually was said to Ms. Smart and the effect it had on her.  While we will be frustrated by the media use of her remarks, let's not fail to listen to Elizabeth Smart herself.