I recently heard of a woman who had been beaten by her husband. It was the third such occurrence for her, at the hands of the same man. Why? Why did she stay with him? Why did he beat her? These are questions I don't have the answers too.
How does a marriage go from posing for wonderful wedding photos to physical and emotional beatings? Another difficult question to answer.
It seems to me that the cause of most situations of abuse comes from someone not getting their way. That's called selfishness.
Another factor in violent behavior is self-control. If any of us gets pushed beyond the breaking point we will lash out - our defense mechanism. But what we are talking about here is an offensive attack!, not self-defense.
The root cause of all this is our sinful nature. WE want things to go OUR way. And when we don't get what we want we become angry.
But God became angry several times in the Bible. What about that? Good question. There are many instances where God got tired of a people's sinfulness that He wiped them out. He killed them all.
That's all because of our unrepentant sin. We ALL sin. God is just and a wrathful death awaits us all. Unless . . .
Unless we place our faith in Jesus. That simple, yet sometimes difficult act, saves us from God's wrath. Jesus took our future punishment upon Himself when He died on the cross.
Eternal life awaits those of us who chose Christ. Even the abuser has hope in Christ, through faith and a repentant heart. We ALL need to repent of our sins today to have hope for tomorrow.
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." -Psalm 147:3
"The righteous who walks in his integrity - blessed are his children after him!" - Proverbs 20:7
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