At the end of myself...at the feet of Jesus

Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. In a previous post we introduced the subject of shame.  We need to keep after it.  Shame can [...]

Reblogged from Thoroughly Christian Divorce: These days, I don’t shock so easy. Years of informal counseling in a church setting combined with the real world education of an abusive marriage means I’ve heard and/or experienced my share. I’m guessing anyone nearing the mid-century mark can shout amen

What is Abuse? Very few people know what abuse really is, though everyone seems quite ready to give advice to its victims. If you believe that abuse is physical battering, you have some learning to do. Abuse is fundamentally a mentality. It is a mindset of entitlement. The abuser sees himself as ent

Reblogged from Thoroughly Christian Divorce: A few weeks after leaving the beast, my car broke down in the Walmart parking lot way after dark. Scary place at the best of times but sitting out there all alone in a new town with no way home, I arrived on the threshold of a full on panic attack. I [...

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In the prisons of California, there is a small group of survivors. Support the Sin by Silence Bill (AB593) and help the incarcerated battered women of California find the justice they have deserved for decades.� Please go to don’t forget them: Sin by Silence Bill (AB593 Filed under: a Christian resp

Abuse is the test of our theology.  If our theology does not lead us to render justice and kindness to victims of abuse, and if it does not lead us to an exposure of the evil of the abuser, then our theology is deficient.  It is time to go back to the Scriptures and take [...]

Micah 6: 8, “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” What does God require of us? In this verse He tells us quite clearly. We are to do justice, love mercy [...]

If you’ve been in an abusive relationship, you probably haven’t been shown much kindness. Because of that, maybe you, like me, came to believe that you were undeserving of kindness. That’s simply not true. When coming out of abusive relationships, we must relearn how to treat ourselves right as well

Our Lord is so glorious. Though this life is often muck, He shines brilliantly. Perfect. Beautiful. Good and gracious and kind. His kindness extends to us in so many ways. Sometimes He sends blessings and sometimes He blesses us through the kindness of others. It’s that kind of kindness that gets to