Most people targeted by verbal abuse try to explain to their abuser why what they’ve just heard is not true or not okay. That is me. If, I wasn’t trying to explain myself in hopes for the abuser to understand my intentions, I would become silent, stuffing all the hurt from the accusations the perpetrator […]
Dream: Two Turkeys
– Chapter 6 – Two Turkey’s The Nature and the Price of Folly October 1995 Among the countless dreams I’ve had over a span of 50 years, there were some that spoke of the failure of man to acknowledge God’s holy lordship, leaving the apparent attractions of evil without check. The following dream is one of those. I Had a Dream […]
Defend Victims of Abuse, Speak Up!
Verbal Abuse is insidious. Verbal Abuse and its denial are crazy-making. Verbal Abuse usually occurs in secret. Verbal abuse takes many forms: from loud rants to quiet comments; from obvious put-downs to not-so-obvious remarks that undermine the partner. What all the methods have in common is the need to control, to be superior, to avoid […]
Introduction
As a Christian, we are to love the things God loves, and we are to hate the things God hates. For example, Proverbs 6:16-19 says, God hates a lying tongue and one who bears false witness. Prov 17:15, Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent– the Lord detests them both. Do you hate those things? […]
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