The Psalm Beneath The Scar

Synopsis: After surviving a bear mauling in the wilderness, Caleb James Mercer returns to his family not healed, but hollow. What begins as a story of physical survival quickly spirals into a deeper wilderness-one of addiction, guilt, and spiritual exile. The scars on his body pale next to the ones inside.But Caleb's journey doesn't end with the bear. There is the shark, too-an attack beneath the surface, in saltwater and silence, a trauma that leaves him drowning in prescriptions and shame. In hospitals and halfway houses. On a couch three cushions wide, where even prayer can't find purchase.Haunted by the memory of Psalm 23-once memorized, now necessary-Caleb stumbles his way back toward the lives he once shattered. Not with grand confessions. With acts of presence. Fixing a drawer. Teaching his son to drive. Sitting beside Grace, not asking for forgiveness, just staying long enough to deserve it.The Psalm Beneath the Scar is a raw and lyrical reckoning. A man of faith wrestles his demons not in revival tents or pulpits, but in kitchens, shelters, and pond trails whispered with scripture. This is a story about survival. About scars. About how even the circling things-the bear, the shark, the silence-can't keep a man from grace, if he refuses to disappear.

• | Author: Douglas Yates
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Jun 23, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00096 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798289283368