With Tender Hand
Abuse is not LOVE / LOVE is not abuse
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After seven and a half years of varying degrees of abuse, (you know the cycle), sometimes you think I’m the crazy one. This is my entire fault, if I would only do this or that differently my life would not be like this. Here are some typical components to ongoing abuse: manipulation, mind control, bullying, belittling, separation from family and friends, guilt, blame, etc. It’s a cycle; something you do causes your abuser to react in a way that is totally irrational. You respond, and then it’s your entire fault. You just don’t understand. No one understands him or her. It will not happen again, as long as you don’t tell anyone, or do whatever you did again, etc. I know when I read this paragraph it sounds nuts – but when I remember living in the abuse it was powerful. I felt like I was stuck in a spider’s web and every time I got close to getting near the edge and breaking free, the manipulation would set in and I’d be sucked back into that web deeper.
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With Tender Hand walks women who feel stuck in an abusive relationship through the journey to hope, healing, restoration and freedom in Christ. Golden Keys of God’s promises are offered throughout as well as thought-provoking questions. You can clasp God's outstretched hand of help and move forward once again.
About the Author
Ruth Joy Capozzi is a preacher's kid who has survived an abusive relationship. She has traveled the road to healing and restoration by continually grasping God's outstretched hand of help. She is happily married to Pastor Alfred Capozzi, and is the executive director of a pregnancy resource center. Ministering to hurting women is her passion. She loves God's Word and loves to teach it! Ruth and Alfred reside in northeastern Pennsylvania with their golden retriever, Daisy, who is spoiled perfect.