by Elisabeth | Jul 30, 2021 | abuse, difficult marriage, wholeness
This question does nothing less than break my heart and bring back horrible memories. You’re asking why, which I’ll try to touch on, but I think you’re also asking if you can do anything to change your situation as well. First, why can’t you just be who you are in...
by Elisabeth | Jul 23, 2021 | emotions, friendship, healing, heart, wholeness
When I was in my 20s and 30s, I probably said about 75% of what I was thinking and kept 25% to myself. I was involved in so many conflicts at my church of 19 years that I jokingly said I should get a plaque for most Matthew 18s. I’m not sure why I felt I could say...
by Elisabeth | Jul 16, 2021 | abuse, difficult marriage, healing, pain, wholeness
I think most people think of abused women as mousy, as cowards, with black eyes hidden under thick make-up, as – as harsh as this sounds – fools or, worse yet, just plain idiots. Because who would willingly stay in an abusive marriage? What kind of woman wouldn’t be...
by Elisabeth | Jul 9, 2021 | coaching, wholeness
“You are not your client’s friend.” I’m not?? “Say the things that no one else is saying to her.” But I don’t want to. I want to just tell her she’s amazing and to keep going and Jesus loves her. I’ve had a few clients who have made choices I wouldn’t make, who made...
by Elisabeth | Jul 2, 2021 | abuse, Church, difficult marriage
When I was in trying-to-save-my-marriage mode for that fifteen or so year stretch, I asked for a lot of help and advice and read a lot of books and prayed a lot of prayers and I put several things in place in an attempt to turn things around. Things like: *I was...
