Lessons from the Woman at the Well
by Betty Ashanti
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Religion & Spirituality
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This book has been birthed from a lifetime of painful experiences from which valuable lessons were produced, which have been complied by the leading of the Holy Ghost to teach other women how to be victorious, and successful in their relationships even after abuse, and divorce[s:].
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chapter 1
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“Marriage was never meant to be a relationship of control, and power, but one of love, protection, and safety. The family is not to be a place of horror, pain, or shame, and it is sad when strangers treat us better than family members.
Healthy Love vs Sick Love
Men who are abusive will swear they love their wives, but their love is not a healthy love. Their love is obsessive, controlling, possessive, and selfish. They only view their relationship from what they will receive, and never from what they should give.
...Love can only be known by the actions it expresses, if you love someone, it should feel like it, love is a verb-action word! Either you have love, which is expressed by your actions, or you don’t, period!
Supporting a person who does not have healthy love only serves to stroke their ego, and increase their arrogance. One is “casting pearls among swine”...Matthew 7:6, this person does not recognize your value, and has no appreciation of the “gift” that you are in his life.
...Just because the one you loved did not value you, does not mean that you are not valuable. The challenge is that they always leave you feeling as though you were not good enough, [and this is their intention:]...
“Red Flags” are those warnings you see in the relationship that lets you know to proceed no further. Red lights, signs, flags mean STOP! Faith does not override “Red Flags”!
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Healthy Love vs Sick Love
Men who are abusive will swear they love their wives, but their love is not a healthy love. Their love is obsessive, controlling, possessive, and selfish. They only view their relationship from what they will receive, and never from what they should give.
...Love can only be known by the actions it expresses, if you love someone, it should feel like it, love is a verb-action word! Either you have love, which is expressed by your actions, or you don’t, period!
Supporting a person who does not have healthy love only serves to stroke their ego, and increase their arrogance. One is “casting pearls among swine”...Matthew 7:6, this person does not recognize your value, and has no appreciation of the “gift” that you are in his life.
...Just because the one you loved did not value you, does not mean that you are not valuable. The challenge is that they always leave you feeling as though you were not good enough, [and this is their intention:]...
“Red Flags” are those warnings you see in the relationship that lets you know to proceed no further. Red lights, signs, flags mean STOP! Faith does not override “Red Flags”!
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