Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
(Exodus 1:13-14 ESV) So they ruthlessly made the people of Israel work as slaves and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field. In all their work they ruthlessly made them work as slaves. (Exodus 5:6-9 ESV) The same day Pharaoh commanded the… Continue reading Abuse as Cruelty – Willful and Intentional Infliction of Pain and Suffering
I used to lay awake at night thinking of ways to make X suffer; to punish him for his abuse. I talked about this a bit in the I left him because I loved him post. How could I make him know how much he'd hurt me? How could I get revenge? I didn't want to… Continue reading Trying to get revenge on an abuser is like trying to teach a fish to climb a tree
