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[Changing4Best]

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[Changing4Best]

[ Love Fulfills God’s Requirements ] Owe nothing to anyone—except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law.
Romans 13:8 NLT

 

[cat-lady]

Glad to find this discussion on here! Faith has been a big part of my healing. I have met abusers in church positions but that does not shake my faith any more now that I have educated myself on the Bible. The Bible even warns us of false prophets and people who will put on a religious front in public but not really mean it. They cannot separate me from my faith. Turning away from faith, church, the Bible, and God because of people like that gives them too much power. I'm a Christian and nothing can change that. :)

 

[Changing4Best]

Oh yes, I got my first Bible from my abuser. He "owned" it but never read it. I decided to read it and it helped me. I ran away from him and when I did I took that Bible with me. I confess that in a sense I stole it from him, but someone had given it to him and that same person was taking care of both of us, in terms of renting us a place to live. So I kind of considered that, that person had given it to both of us. Also, my abuser had taken so many things from me, that I felt it was only fair that I should take something from him, so I did. So, in a sense I stole my first Bible. However, I had bought another Bible that I had trouble understanding. I had left that Bible in his possession. So one could also excuse my theft as a trade off, maybe. Or I could just fess up and admit that I stole his Bible. That is a hard one to admit and confess to. However, I share it with all of you here, as you are my peers.

 

[cat-lady]

That is great that you had the strength and courage to run away!

 

[cat-lady]

That is great that you had the strength and courage to run away!

For so long I was trapped because I was too scared to break away from them but it is one of the best things I ever did when I finally got away from them!

 

[Changing4Best]

Same here, getting away was the time when finally my life started to come alive and make a difference for myself and others. I'm glad you got away too! We are never going back! I moved 625 miles away from that city, just to be sure he would never find me. That was how sure I was that I wanted to be away from him. I had to make a whole new life for myself here, but now that I have a church that I enjoy going to and friends around town, life is grand. I miss some of my old friends from back there, but the one that counts the most, she stays in touch by phone, so all is well. I have no regrets. It was Jesus that helped me to run away. I had tried many times before that to do so, but he would always find me. Finally, when I prayed for Jesus to surround me with a band of His angels, I was safe and have been since!

 

[cat-lady]

Same here, getting away was the time when finally my life started to come alive and make a differenc...

They have found me several times also but God has kept me safe through all that. It is tough moving around and losing touch with people but then again there are some great places I would never have been and some great people I would never have met otherwise. I'm so glad you have finally found some safety!

 

[EveHarrington]

I want to take the time to thank @SheilaKathy for starting this post and all the other people who have contributed to it.

We all have PTSD but there are indeed certain issues that I can get more help from in here because of the input from others from a Christian perspective.

I am very grateful for this thread.

And even when I don't have a specific topic to discuss, I get much comfort in reading the posts.

:)

 

[Changing4Best]

Thank you, @EveHarrington and it is my pleasure to do this. I get a lot from it too. And whenever one of you tells me something like this, my heart soars!

 

[Changing4Best]

But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died. So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.
1 Corinthians 15:20-22 NLT

 

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