Hello and welcome back to “When Women Abuse”! If you haven’t picked up your copy of my book yet, head on over to Amazon.com, type “When Women Abuse” into your search bar, and you’ll be taken to it. I’d like to thank Annie Spratt for her photo cover to today’s episode! What an awesome picture we have from her! If you’re looking for an amazing photo for one of your projects, you should check out her portfolio. That’s Annie Spratt at https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt. 

Today, we’re on episode 12 of this podcast taken from Chapter 4 of my book and it’s shaping up to be a HOT one! We’re talking about the time when my ANGER finally showed up.

In the book, this chapter opens with a short lesson in scuba diving to illustrate how pressure—both physical and mental—affects the human body. The Divers experience is one with a range of symptoms, from none, to mild discomfort, to severe debilitation, and even fatal consequences, depending on how deep they go and how prepared they are. I don't intend to scare you away from diving—in fact, I highly recommend it. When done safely, the underwater world is absolutely breathtaking.

My point is to graphically demonstrate that Abusers apply pressure, too. And just like the ocean…sometimes the pressure is subtle, sometimes overwhelming.

The deeper you descend into an abusive relationship—or into spiritual darkness—the more intense that pressure becomes. The experience of being pulled away from the light of Jesus Christ can feel a lot like a dangerous dive: disorienting, painful, and potentially deadly if you don’t come up for air.

Hang on tight my friends…and Welcome to the conversation!