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By Janice Wappel
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Who is she? Your neighbor, your sister, your friend, a pastor's wife, a politician’s wife, the stranger you see walking down the street. She lives in fancy high rise apartments in New York, a hut in Africa, in the Bush of Australia and nations around the globe; she may even live right next door to you. You might see her at the local park or school playground playing with your child, or stand behind her at the grocery store, but she has skillfully covered the bruises on her body and gives you a forced smile hoping to mask the pain, loneliness and even shame she lives with.
She is tormented day after day and wants and needs help but is unable to speak out for fear she will be beaten again or her children will suffer under the same blows she has received. She wants to run away, but doesn’t know where to go or what to say. Her husbands friends and co-workers would never believe he was cruel to her or her children.
What can we do?
Pray for protection for all the women who suffer from domestic violence around the globe.
Pray God will raise up church leaders and city leaders who will be good examples of godly husbands and fathers and will hear her cry for help and act on a solution by raising the standard of mutual respect in marriage.
Pray God will convict men around the world of their cruelty to women and children and remind them that God’s Word says in Mark 4:24 that we should “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given. Luke 6:38 says: Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Pray men will take heed to God’s Word.
Lastly, ask God to open your eyes to see what He sees, feel what He feels, hear what He hears and be ready to help and comfort when God brings someone to you who may be in need of comfort and help because of cruelty they have suffered at the hands of a father, husband or boyfriend.
Did you know that 60% of battered women are abused while they are pregnant?
Did you also know that every 9 seconds in the United States, a woman is assaulted and beaten?
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The one thing I might suggest is to do more showing than telling. For example in the beginning show the reader what is happen with something like this: She crouches in the corner raising her hands to protect her face from the assault of his fists.
Something like that will paint a picture for the reader and draw them in.
I do think you did a nice job of merging your message with the topic. The verses you chose were a great fit. You covered a horrible subject in a way that will help others to reach out and make a difference.
God bless~
Wow! That's a powerful message that is vitally necessary to spread...
Thank you for writing about an issue that is so painful but hopeful with available solutions...
Yes, indeed, more people need to help those in such conditions...
Love in action - for real..