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JeffL said:
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Abuse can be relative.

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There are some children who are so mistreated that a "hit, slap, kick, punch, and scream" would to them be welcomed.

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Your child is young but as it grows older you may be surprised that your discipline, what you administer for good, may be misconstrued as abusive.

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Fascinating. My parents were very strict, but fair. They also never did anything arbitrary, and always took the time to explain why they had the rules they had.

They had three children. None of us ever "rebelled." One is a PHD, and teaches MDs, one is a rocket scientist (no joke), and I am... well, the anomaly.

I am raising my child (and any other children The Lord may bless me with) much like my parents raised me. I pray they see in me at least as much of The Lord as we all saw in our parents.

The really cool thing is, children spell love, "T I M E." I'm forever grateful that my parents invested the time in us that they did. And for the record, I never thought that they were abusive!

Matthew

Oh, one more thing. The pool is open! I'm headed out there now, for some of that "time with my child" I just talked about!

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Laurie Ann said:
I pray that you'll be able to sift through what evil was done to you in such a way as to emerge scarred but victorious.

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Thanks Laurie Ann. Please keep praying. KJV "Wherefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall." or... Greek Interlinear "As besides The One seeming to have stood, let him be looking, less he should be falling!"

Matthew

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Laurie Ann said:
Funny how the Greek Interlinear starts sounding like Pidgin English.
Cuts right to the heart of it!

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And that, my dear lady, is why I love it so!!! Just a note here: I'm not doing any worse (that I know of). I'm still just working things out. I'm more determined than ever to stay away from anything that resembles church! It would appear that I have been removed from the home church's email list, which is fine with me. I put the word out that I didn't want to have anything to do with any type of "church" function. I really like the fact that I'm no longer included, if that is the case. I was ignoring the blanket emails anyway, and wondering how to "bow out gracefully". They have been really nice to my wife and I (in a christian sort of way). I know you understand what I'm talking about Laurie Ann!!!

The truth is, I fit in here... and this is pretty much the only place.

Thanks again,
Matthew