Introspection
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Introspection — what better way to start a week. Question: Do you fear being alone? Abusive relationships in our childhood teach us that we have no personal space, no time to be alone that isn’t overseen by the abuser, and nothing that would make us believe we were an individual. Individual means single or separate.…
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Introspection — what better way to start a week. Question: Do you easily call out the deception in your abuser(s) or do you deny what you see? One of the easiest ways to stay outside of healing and freedom is to deny what you see. As children, if you came through childhood sexual crimes, you…
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Introspection — what better way to start a week. Question: Does my past abuse, and the actions of survival and sin I’ve done since, make me too bad for a relationship with God? Children have a hard time making a distinction between themselves and thier parents. God does not. The actions and sins of another…
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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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A song made popular by Madonna: “Something in the way you love me won’t let me beI don’t want to be your prisonerSo baby, won’t you set me free?Stop playing with my heart. . . Just try to understand I’ve given all I can‘Cause you got the best of me BorderlineFeels like I’m going to…
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Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne?Though she may forget, I will not forget you! Isaiah 49:15 To answer the question — Yes, a mother can forget, neglect and care nothing about a child she has born, carried, and birthed. I’m not sad…
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Introspection — what better way to start a week. Question: Don’t we all want to be a good son or daugther? What happens when that means I need to be disobedient to my parents’ rules to survive? What if my speaking up goes against everything they taught me? What if my needs now must surface…
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If you found a small kitten on the side of the road whose left ear had been tattered to the point that it was missing, his right eye had been poked out, and he was missing part of his back leg – what would you do with him? It’s clear that somebody had intentionally abused…
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Introspection — what better way to start a week. What if forgiveness meant letting go? What if the act of forgiveness separated you from the person who harmed you? The very nature of forgiving to me means that I am now separate from the person who hurt me. I don’t see the world according to…
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Moments of reflection — what better way to start a week. A sociopath can impress you by their brashness and their amazing ability to lie on a dime and prevaricate at will. I know most of us don’t like to use lables like sociopath, narcissist or evil but there are times when we certainly need…