A Child Abuse Survivor’s Thoughts on Mother’s Day

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you.” – Isaiah 49:15 (NKJV) Hello, everyone. Today, I’m posting this on both of my blogs, The Oasis Blog and the God’s Love For Women Blog, because today’s topic concerns …

The Litmus Test of Parental Love

“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.” – John 15:13 (NKJV) Just as narcissistic people all over the world lie and pretend to love their romantic partners, but in reality, they NEVER loved them AT ALL, there are also a lot of parents who will claim …

Special Prayer Request for People Who Reject Christ Because of the Abuse of Professing Christians

"Then He said to the disciples, 'It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.'" -- Luke 17:1-2 (NKJV) Hello, everyone. This is …

Replaceable?

"I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works,and that my soul knows very well." -- Psalm 139:14 (NKJV) In the past, I've heard the disturbing argument that children should tolerate abuse, neglect, and disrespect from their parents because they only have one mother and they only have one father. But I challenge people, …

What Forgiveness Truly Means

Psalm 103:8: The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. (NKJV) Psalm 103:6: The Lord executes righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. (NKJV) In my earlier days as a born-again Christian, I greatly struggled with forgiveness. And one thing that I do believe the Holy Spirit has been bringing to my remembrance here …

How Satan Perverts Forgiveness Into a Weapon

"No weapon formed against you shall prosper..." -- Isaiah 54:17a (NKJV) "Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. -- Romans 12:19 (NKJV) Back when I was a teenage girl growing up, I was in emotional agony constantly over …

The Idolatry of Husbands and Parents in the Body of Christ

"I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me." -- Exodus 20:2-3 (NKJV) I'm posting today's post at both of my blogs, the Oasis Blog and the God's Love For Women Blog, because this post …

The Idolatry of Husbands and Parents in the Body of Christ — From God’s Love For Women

https://godsloveforwomen.wordpress.com/2024/01/02/the-idolatry-of-husbands-and-parents-in-the-body-of-christ/?page_id=38

God the Father CAN be Trusted!

"A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth." -- Isaiah 42:3 (KJV) I got to thinking a little while ago about all the bruised reeds in the body of Christ, many of them people who were abused as children and had …

Christian Parents and Gratitude

"Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children." -- 2 Corinthians 12:14 (NKJV) Like very many professing Christians in evangelical churches, a …