by Elisabeth | Aug 8, 2024 | abuse, faith
Welcome to the new-ish format of my blog. Once a month, I’ll be sharing both something I’ve newly written and one of my most-read posts from the past dozen years. Hope you enjoy! -Elisabeth NEW POST: All’s Quiet I’ve been trying to walk with, follow, obey, love,...
by Elisabeth | Jul 11, 2024 | abuse, difficult marriage, wholeness
Welcome to the new-ish format of my blog. Once a month, I’ll be sharing both something I’ve newly written and one of my most-read posts from the past dozen years. Hope you enjoy! -Elisabeth NEW POST: A Lot Can Happen in Five Years In the quietness that is now my life,...
by Elisabeth | Oct 19, 2023 | abuse, difficult marriage
Question: “Doesn’t Jesus tell us to turn the other cheek? And to forgive seventy times seven times? And doesn’t the love chapter in I Corinthians 13 tell us that love keeps no record of wrongs and it suffers long and it never gives up? So, doesn’t the Bible basically...
by Elisabeth | Aug 10, 2023 | abuse, difficult marriage, wholeness
Question: “I consider myself to be a strong woman in every other area of my life, so why am I such a doormat in my abusive marriage?” Years ago I gave myself a title that only my closest friends knew I thought about myself. Pardon my language, but in my opinion I was...
by Elisabeth | Jul 6, 2023 | abuse, Church, difficult marriage, heart, judgment
Question: “I have been told over and over by well-meaning Christian friends and church leaders that I need to try harder in my marriage, that I need to do more, that my husband’s infidelity is somehow my fault. How do you deal with fear of rejection or judgment...
by Elisabeth | Jun 22, 2023 | abuse, divorce, emotions, pain
Question: “My soon-to-be ex-husband keeps hurting me emotionally. How should I respond?” My answer from my just-divorced years: This weekend was a tough one. Someone did three things that hurt me. It involved a breaking of an agreement. It involved my children. And...
