“Let me begin by saying that I cannot think of a circumstance in a marriage or family that could justify abuse of any kind—emotional, mental, physical, or sexual. Abusive behavior was never and can never be a part of God’s plan for a marriage or a family.
“For the sake of clarity, I’m going to limit this answer to physical abuse. And by this I mean assaulting, threatening, or restraining a person through force. It would include hitting, slapping, punching, beating, grabbing, shoving, biting, kicking, pulling hair, burning, using or threatening the use of weapons, blocking you from leaving a room or the house during an argument, driving recklessly, or intimidating you with threatening gestures…”
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(SOUTH AFRICA) Do you divorce your husband when he is starting to abuse? I’m in a physical abusing marriage and I don’t know what to do.
(SOUTH AFRICA) I know God hates divorce, but I can’t take this anymore. If he really loves me why must he abuse me so much?
(KUWAIT) I live with a husband who abused me for 15 years and still abuses me emotionally, physically and sexual abuse; what do I do? It hurts me.