justice
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I carry in my heart the scars of my yesteryears. I cannot simply remove them. That’s not how this life works. While God has redeemed so much of the past, I carry the burden of the years I’ve lived. We all do. Healing and restoration does not mean that the experience leaves our minds, our…
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Nothing was going to bring my virginity back. The murdered women could not be raised from the dead. What then did I seek? What could bring justice to any of this? In my 20s I began to read the bible and search for a God who was a different God than my father had taught…
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“. . . I have looked upon my people because their cry has reached me.” I Samual 9:16 What if God chooses people to help the hurting. Do you believe in God’s annointing? I do! God heals through people. Every word we speak in silence to God, he remembers. He makes a record of our…
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I was miserably assaulted in my childhood by many members of my family – my parents included. I left that home and went right into the home of another abuser. Me and my children were assaulted by him for almost 18 years. My heart sobs over the loss and victimization that plauged me and my…
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Mine is a story woven with threads of detestation, betrayal, haunting memories, and a soul that was nearly destroyed. But it is also a story of redemption, learning to trust again, hope, and feeling truly alive. For years, I lived with a sense of hatred towards myself and my body. The abuse I suffered at…
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Here’s to all of you out there committed to healing and dedicated to growth, embracing the daily courage required to shift from self-betrayal to self-acceptance and self-love. Healing is a profound journey, not for the faint-hearted. It demands facing our deepest wounds and vulnerabilities, often unearthed through years of self-protection and denial. It is a…
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Introspection, what better way to start a week. When you live in a home of incest, no piece of you lives free. You can’t talk about your feelings, you cannot discuss the abuse and your emotions must be hidden away from sight. No love in. No love out. No feelings. No discussion. You must live…
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I entered adult life lame. I was weak and fell behind the others around me. I married my first husband at 18 to get away from my parents. He, of course, was a classic abuser and royal asshole. My attempts to keep myself and my children safe around him, never seemed to work. I was…
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“Childhood sex abuse has a lifelong impact on the victim and their entire family. It may lead to increased anxiety, depression, and physical symptoms. In such cases of abuse, the family has the right to pursue compensation for the child’s suffering.” from Cordisco & Saile LLC Cordisco & Saile LLC offers this resource link: https://www.cordiscosaile.com/navigating-child-sex-abuse/.…
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If I were sitting in an audience waiting for the play Life is Fair to begin, I’d most likely get up and walk out. Life isn’t fair. Is God? I believe He is. God didn’t hurt me, wicked people did. The Spirit of Religion was sent to kill, steal and destroy. Incest sits squarely in…