Comments on: Breaking Free:What I’ve Learned About Spiritual Abuse http://www.spiritualabuse.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 07 Jun 2010 04:36:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Michelle http://www.spiritualabuse.com/?page_id=41&cpage=1#comment-323 Michelle Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:36:14 +0000 http://www.christiansurvivors.com/cri/spabuse/wordpress/?page_id=41#comment-323 Dear Barbara Thank you for the article, my husband and I recently left the church, we were both extensively involved in worship and teaching. I can't help but feel abused, and I struggle to define it, but there's a part of me that is petrified that God is going to remove His hand from me because I have left. Yet I know the truth and I know His voice and His presence. But that's how I feel sometimes. Thank you for the article, there is so much more that I need to say and I don't quite know how to say it. God bless I Dear Barbara
Thank you for the article, my husband and I recently left the church, we were both extensively involved in worship and teaching. I can’t help but feel abused, and I struggle to define it, but there’s a part of me that is petrified that God is going to remove His hand from me because I have left. Yet I know the truth and I know His voice and His presence. But that’s how I feel sometimes. Thank you for the article, there is so much more that I need to say and I don’t quite know how to say it.

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]]> By: Sharon http://www.spiritualabuse.com/?page_id=41&cpage=1#comment-216 Sharon Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:44:36 +0000 http://www.christiansurvivors.com/cri/spabuse/wordpress/?page_id=41#comment-216 Wow! This article is amazingly similar to our experience. What a wonderful resource to pass on to many friends who are going through the same transition out of the abusive situation. We were alerted to our circumstances through the book "The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse" by Jeff VanVonderen and David Johnson. Another great resource that we've recommended to our friends. My husband and I can relate to all that you speak about including the struggle between not wanting to "gossip" and say too much about our experience to others, but also wanting to alert others to the pitfalls. I am so grateful to our wonderful Heavenly Father who has taken me in his arms many times over the past few months when I've felt that "what did I do wrong" feeling. I just keep hearing His voice whisper, "Come to me, it's okay. You haven't done anything wrong. I love you." Thanks again for your article which has inspired me to journalize our own journey perhaps as a form of personal healing for our own situation. Wow! This article is amazingly similar to our experience. What a wonderful resource to pass on to many friends who are going through the same transition out of the abusive situation. We were alerted to our circumstances through the book “The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse” by Jeff VanVonderen and David Johnson. Another great resource that we’ve recommended to our friends. My husband and I can relate to all that you speak about including the struggle between not wanting to “gossip” and say too much about our experience to others, but also wanting to alert others to the pitfalls. I am so grateful to our wonderful Heavenly Father who has taken me in his arms many times over the past few months when I’ve felt that “what did I do wrong” feeling. I just keep hearing His voice whisper, “Come to me, it’s okay. You haven’t done anything wrong. I love you.”
Thanks again for your article which has inspired me to journalize our own journey perhaps as a form of personal healing for our own situation.

]]> By: Sheila http://www.spiritualabuse.com/?page_id=41&cpage=1#comment-138 Sheila Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:33:05 +0000 http://www.christiansurvivors.com/cri/spabuse/wordpress/?page_id=41#comment-138 Barbara, So much of what you described about your former church resonated with my experience as well. It's been over 2 years and I still cannot trust church leaders...in fact, I'm up now, at midnight, wondering how I can make myself go tomorrow..it's not that our current church is abusive...it's that what I went thru was so painful that I just don't know if I can risk getting involved in church again. Thanks for sharing. Barbara,

So much of what you described about your former church resonated with my experience as well. It’s been over 2 years and I still cannot trust church leaders…in fact, I’m up now, at midnight, wondering how I can make myself go tomorrow..it’s not that our current church is abusive…it’s that what I went thru was so painful that I just don’t know if I can risk getting involved in church again. Thanks for sharing.

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