tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757984324907309241.post6351896266466194560..comments2023-05-09T04:23:16.161-05:00Comments on Tales from Ted: What Qualifies As Verbal Abuse?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757984324907309241.post-79921405141412856882019-06-18T22:09:53.294-05:002019-06-18T22:09:53.294-05:00How blessed I am to have found your post Ted. Your...How blessed I am to have found your post Ted. Your poem speaks so loudly to me and reminds me of one I wrote in 2015. I was filled with more outrage then; now I too want only peace. It has taken me almost 20 years to get to this point but as the saying goes: better late than never. Here it is: <br /><br />How dare you take my youth and taint it with your vicious words?<br />How dare you take my innocence and smear it with your vile hurts? <br />Know this, that<br />I will rise above your cruel abuse <br />Just like I did my father’s <br />And who knows time may wash your sins<br />Just like it did the others <br />But for right now, this moment here<br />There's only pain and anger<br />And disappointment, disbelief, <br />Bitterness, outrage, the list grows longer <br />In truth it's my own heart I want to smother <br />How could it be so blind, so careless with its precious love?<br />Then I remember where its hope came from <br />The false and empty promises it heard<br />All the deceitful lies it clung to with despair <br />And I turn back to your manipulation <br />Disguised as love -how shameless, how self-serving! <br />No no for my dear broken beat-up heart <br />To heal the unfair wounds it suffered is all I want <br />Then to break free from the pain you put me through <br />To forgive myself and even you MacMacGoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940515391164190003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6757984324907309241.post-41968634812290489102012-07-01T22:05:58.846-05:002012-07-01T22:05:58.846-05:00What an amazing series! Ted, you are exposing some...What an amazing series! Ted, you are exposing some very difficult relational issues that are so disturbing and shameful that most people don't talk about them. As a former abused spouse I can tell you that Kerby Anderson is right on target with this article. One of the difficulties of being in an abusive marriage as a Christian woman is that I was told by church leaders that I needed to continue to pray for my spouse and get marital counseling with him to work through the issues. In other words, don't give up. It takes two committed people in a marriage to work through problems. I learned in counseling that I could not change my husband, only myself, so I changed. I believe that God gave me strength to make tough decisions and eventually my marriage ended because my husband did not change. I encourage any woman reading this who finds herself in a similar relationship to seek professional counseling immediately so that you can begin to build a support system to help you through it. God wants His best for His children and I pray that you will be blessed with His best for your life. God loves you!the past no morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397615722344260571noreply@blogger.com