guilt
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For the next 12 days, we are returning to posts from the past that have been the most popular with YOU! Here’s our 8th post as a nod to our readers. The Stench of Guilt (first published September 2020). The problem with sexual abuse and crimes that are perpetrated by family members is that most…
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I would love to hear from you! Sharing Saturday with you. A Jewel: I love John Eldridge of Wild at Heart ministry. I want to share one of his daily readings with you, “I love feeling happy. Absolutely love it. Who doesn’t? But my pursuit of it has sometimes gotten me into trouble. I’m pretty…
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It’s 2025 and I am exceedingly happy at the prospect of this coming year. That hasn’t always been my expectation, but rather, it’s been one of quiet dread and subtle disappointment over what pain may meet me in the new year. Not so this year! I am filled with anticipation of what will be. God…
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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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May I first extend my prayer of love to you. I have known better the dread of Father’s Day than I have known anything else. I hate both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, but I always try to unlearn and retrain myself. The kindest gift my earthy father ever gave me was his death. His…
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As a noun worth means the value equivalent to that of someone or something under consideration. Oh, that’s interesting. Under whose consideration might be the right question we should be asking ourselves. If under my own consideration, I consider myself quite worthy. Under another’s consideration, if I give them that right, they may consider me…
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Fear with a capital “F” stays with survivors of incest. It was a gift given to us at breakfast, served with soup at lunch, and gluttonously given at the dinner table. Fear had to be consumed by us for these households to operate smoothly. We probably don’t believe that we operate from a fear perspective.…
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God didn’t do it. Stop blaming him. You need him. Instead, blame the person who hurt you.
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Growing up in incest, it was placed on me at a very young age, to find fault in myself. I got great at it. I can still be good it at! Finding fault in yourself certainly takes your eyes of the guilty, doesn’t it? These folks are masters at disguise and turn life into a…
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The problem with sexual abuse and crimes that are perpetrated by family members is that most of their victims take the responsibility for the action of that member. This should not be! I had a dream last night that I was driving in a truck with my father (now deceased) and the other man who…