Past Abuse: Why do I feel this way?
Perhaps you’ve been struggling for years with feelings that you can’t understand or explain. Here are some of the ways sexual abuse affects a child, which can follow into adulthood. Maybe you’ll see some of yourself in the list below:
Self-blame: When children experience trauma, their inherent egocentrism leads them to believe that they...... >Read More
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How Do I know if I’ve Been Sexually Abused?
Sexual abuse has a broader definition than we may assume. There are four types of sexual abuse: verbal, visual, physical and psychological.
Verbal sexual abuse includes sexual threats, sexual comments about your body, lewd or suggestive comments and inappropriate sexual conversations with children.
Visual sexual abuse includes exposure to pornographic,...... >Read More
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Childhood Sexual Abuse: How the past affects the present
Rough estimates put one in three girls and one in six boys in the US at risk for being sexually abused. But exact figures are hard to assess because most children delay reporting their abuse until later in adulthood or never report it at all. Many of the women I’ve led through healing were not believed when they did... >Read More
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Where Do All the Broken People Go?
“Where do all the broken people go? Third stool from the corner, that’s my place.” We’re all looking for shelter, for somewhere we belong. That need for community, for intimacy, is one of the deepest longings of the human heart. Where do you run to when the world comes crashing in?
Take the next step:
Community changes everything
Need...... >Read More
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Awaken Love
Okay, that's a really corny title, but I've been thinking for a while about the verse in Song of Solomon which says, "Do not awaken love until it is ready." I think some of us have let our love be awakened too early, or too abruptly, and so it never really woke at all.
Several routes to this disastrous awakening exist. The first... >Read More
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Thirst: What Are You Thirsting For?
Many people thirst for meaning in life. Do you strive for popularity and acceptance? Are you longing to belong? We're often reminded of what we lack when we search for our self-worth in others. A thirst for love and intimacy is often behind that search. Trying to satisfy our thirst can be difficult. Striving for perfection in relationships can be...... >Read More
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I Can’t Forgive Their Sexual Past
I recently heard from a man struggling with the sexual past of a new love in his life. As a widower, his only sexual partner had been his wife. But his new friend had many, including a couple husbands and several boyfriends. According to him everything about her was perfect except this one thing. He wanted to move the... >Read More
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Why Do I Struggle with Sexual Intimacy?
There’s another way your abuse could be impacting you and that’s in... >more
How Do I Know if I Need Healing?
Sometimes we can feel a certain way for so long that it... >more
What Do You Fear?
