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"You're a dummy. Don't nobody want you. Don't nobody need you."
Quote from the recent film release of Precious produced by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry.
Shocking words of verbal abuse...I know it's just a movie, but I ain't no dummy. Soul slander happens all the time. Even so, I can't comprehend how anyone could speak such filth to another human being.
When others speak harsh words over us, is it possible to erase them and restore peace? Can we actually choose our thoughts? I hope that as you read Erase & Replace you'll be encouraged to fix your mind on things that are true, noble and right! Then dig into the scriptures and questions to ponder. And take the time to post your comments cuz we all learn from each other!
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We demolish arguements and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ (2 Cor 10:5).
 Sobbing, I dialed my Al-Anon sponsor's number. Between sniffles I told her the horrible things my husband screamed at me. "Why won't he cherish me?" I wailed.
"I want you to look up a scripture," Jennifer said, "2 Corinthians 10:5. I want you to memorize it."
I knew better than to argue with Jennifer. Not only did she know the Bible, she lived with a raging alcoholic and, yet she was one of the most content women I knew. I flipped open my Bible and read the verse silently. "You'll have to interpret this for me," I sighed, "I have no idea what this means. I just want him to love me."
"Christy, you've got this backwards. If you want him to cherish you, you have to cherish you. The way others see you is a reflection of how you see yourself. If you want others to see you differently, you have to see yourself differently."
In my teens, I suffered from tremendous insecurity. Now that I was an adult in an abusive marriage, things were far worse. The opinions of others dictated what I did and what I said. Too afraid of rejection to be my own self, I bended and blended-a chameleon cloned by the crowd.
Not everybody can fade into the background. What if, despite everything you try, you just stand too far out to fit in? In the recently-released film, Precious, an illiterate and overweight African-American teen in Harlem suffers from daily ridicule and abuse. Rejected and alone, Precious creates an escape, a place where she retreats from the horror. She counteracts the cruelty by imagining ...read the rest |
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Christy Johnson, award-winner writer, speaker and former "woman at the well" is passionate about imparting hope to women drawn to unhealthy relationships.
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