How My Domestic Violence Experience Helped Strengthen My Christian Faith
Being stripped of everything you have can make you react with either gratitude or resentment. While I felt anger towards people, particularly my domestic violence abuser, I felt a more powerful and overwhelming sense of thankfulness towards God for sparing my life and for giving me a second chance to live it more fully. As soon as I fled from my abuser, I started filling the void I felt in my heart with God's presence by reading His word, praying and setting aside some intent
IN THE NEWS: Domestic Violence and Gun Control
I came across an interesting New York Times article that linked gun ownership to domestic violence. It reads in part, "A new study has found that a higher rate of firearm ownership is associated with a higher rate of domestic violence homicide in the United States, but that the same does not hold true for other types of gun homicide." The study also concluded that states with the highest rate of firearm ownership had a 65% higher rate of domestic violence homicide than states
