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Category Archives: Abuse
A distinction worthy of reflection
It’s a difference of feeling sorry for yourself or because of yourself. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Abuse, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Wisdom
Tagged 18 year facttor, childhood abuse, Childhood trauma
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Longing for her father’s approval
According to her father, she did not eat, dress, or date appropriately. Rather than gaining what her heart desired, she was farther away from the hope of ever being loved by her dad for who she was. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Abuse, Child Abuse, Emotions, Family life, Fathers, Parenting, Parenting teens
Tagged 18 Year factor, father daughter, Fathers, fathers approval
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God of the vulnerable
To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it….He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Abuse, Adoption, Child Abuse, Childhood trauma, God, God's Heart, God's Love, God's power, God's Protection, God's Will, Image of God, Orphans, Seeking God, Study of God, Walking with God, Will of God
Tagged god's compassion, God's mercy, God's Love, Mercy, True God
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Son of a prostitute
The layers of hurt, trauma, and pain are set in motion long before Jephthah had any control over his life. Continue reading
Victimhood, vindictiveness, and vengeance
These emotions become a grid through which they read life and other people. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Abuse, Anger, Bitterness, Child Abuse, Childhood trauma, Psychology, Sexual Abuse, Wisdom
Tagged 18 Year factor, ACES Study, ager, betrayal, bitterness, Childhood trauma, Revenge, vengance, victimhood
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The painful cycles of self-hatred
Part of the complexity of self-hatred is that it rarely exists alone. It has cousins who keep close company. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Abuse, Child Abuse, Childhood trauma, Self esteem, Self love
Tagged ACE study, Childhood trauma, self-hatred
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Four servants of God who battled fierce despair
Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship
Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide
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A distant father
If she displayed to others what he thought to be right and good, then she would receive approval from her dad. As long as she pretended to be the obedient, respectful child, she was accepted. She grew up in hypocrisy, not knowing her father’s love. He was absent emotionally, and to this day, Lindy does not know him, though she still clearly hears his disapproval. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Abuse, Child Abuse, Dysfunctional, Family life, Fathers, Wisdom
Tagged distant father, no love
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