forgiveness
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Suicide and death are such a common theme among incest survivors. You know why? It’s all murder, that’s why. I only saw my father a handful of times after that. He had chosen deceit and the battle between us was on. About six months before this illness, I’d dreamt that my father was milling about…
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Prejudice exists. I’m often judged and categorized for discussing my upbringing. It gets old. I’d be much more acceptable to them if I didn’t stand by my right to speak. Uncomfortable and unending, the opinions around me fly. Why don’t they be quiet? I didn’t ask them, did I? Unfortunately, this judgment and my shame…
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Forgiveness is a terrain I never thought I’d cross—a landscape dense with memories I’ve been too afraid to sift through. But here I am, not forgiving for their sake, but for my own. Because forgiveness isn’t about absolving them; it’s about unclenching the fists I didn’t know I’d been holding since childhood. I lost myself…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Dillusional v. Deceived – let’s unpack that for a minute. The definition of dillusional is “a false belief or judgment about external reality, held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, occurring especially in mental conditions.” The definition of deceived is “cause someone to…
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I grew up a woman with a father-shaped shadow draped over my shoulders, a weight I carried from room to room, year to year. My father was supposed to be my first shelter, a map to the world. Instead, he became my lesson in survival. I learned early that to make it, I’d have to…
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Forgiveness, for me, feels like trying to weave a tapestry from ashes. The threads are charred remnants of a childhood I should have cherished, yet instead I carry the weight of betrayal. Each small slight now blooms into an enormous wound, echoing the past in ways that leave me breathless. I remember the way my…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Shamed, broken and alone — that’s how I entered my first marriage at 18 years old. Young and friegthened, scared and vulnerable. I had no one with me when I left my family. They’d marred me beyond recognition and I didn’t really…
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Teachers like Joyce Meyer and Beth Moore promote a form of absolution to sexually abusive parents. I would argue that absolution is not theirs to give. ab·so·lu·tion/ˌabsəˈlo͞oSHən/ Formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment. Definition from oxford language It goes on to say, “an esslesiastical declaration of forgiveness of sins. Used in a sentence, “the priest administered…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: Do you know a broken heart can heal? It truly can. I’m living proof. Gem: I believe I am called by God and chosen to be his messenger. It’s in the bible and I believe it. I’m so thankful he sees me,…
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“Because a sad face is good for the heart.” Ecclesiastes 7:3. The generational sin of incest casts its net on many — until you stand against it and stop it! The countless stories I’ve heard in my family of childhood sexual crimes. The tears I have wept for these deep losses. I’ve learned that there…