Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence

Just my thoughts.....

Many of us at some point in our lives have experienced some form of abuse; whether verbal, emotional, and/or physical, from someone we thought cared about us. We can rightly imagine at this hour or minute, someone in this country, or indeed this world is suffering at the hands of an abuser. Domestic abuse has no specific face, race, creed or religion. It will come to whosoever will - meeting us at the front door of our relationships, and being ushered out the back door of silent suffering. It is time for us as a people to come face to face with this demonic spirit that has destroyed families, lives, and person's self-esteem.

In recent news we have seen that even those of the clergy have suffered from this disease. Prophetess Juanita Bynum is not the first or the only minister, or wife of a minister who has suffered abuse at the hand of her husband, a Bishop, in silence. The silence must be broken so that the healing process can begin. Some of the healing must come from the outside in, and other healing must come from the inside out Just because you don't have physical evidence of abuse doesn't mean that you don't carry the scars on your heart, soul, and mind from words that have destroyed your self-esteem.

There is life in words. When you are being verbally abused those words become apart of you, and before you know it, your are wearing those words and are now becoming the thing you are violently called. Your self-esteem starts to suffer, and your pride disappears as your head begins to drop. Healing from abuse takes time. It can't be rushed, and it can't begin unless you separate yourself from the hands of the abuser. But it can happen, if you give the time and energy to make you whole again. And you are worth it.....believe me you are worth it.

Feel free to share your story, a sign of healing, as we break the silence of abuse.