Mark, you have no idea how badly I needed to hear that. I was in a very bad relationship and hearing a real man acknowledge this is deplorable behavior really helps ease some of the pain associated with living through it. I’m so glad you are my father-in-law.
I needed my faith when I found it. I could find it nowhere else and I tried. My mother grabbed me before I fell off the cliff and ended it all. Nothing makes a woman feel worse than being blame when she has been victimized by an abusive man. No church, no pastor, no preacher, no minister made me feel better. They just told me to pray for an ability to get beyond what happened to me and healing in my heart. I did that but it didn’t stop my pain from coming back over and over again. I needed something real. I needed to know God is powerful and he loves. I found what I was looking for, what I needed when I join the Gnostic Faith.
