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1 | I know Ephesians 6: 1-2 tells you to hon | Eph 6:2 | Hood Rat | 222762 | ||
I know Ephesians 6:1-2 tells you to honor your parents and your days will be long on this earth....However are you suppose to still honor your parents if they were abusive, hurtful, neglectful, unprotective and condemning? My parents never took much interest in me or my accomplishments as a person. Both parents never attended any graduations that I had (elementary, middle school, high school or college). My mother was physically and verbally abusive. She never cooked regularly even though we had food available in the home and punished us if we did cook. She never purchased us clothing as needed. Even though she had money for us. She would criticize us badly in front of others and really never tried to instill any real values in us. She would wake us after midnight to physically beat us if she believed that we did something wrong even though we didn't. My father did not reside in the home with us but knew all of this was going on but chose not to do anything about it because he was having a relationship with her. I would tell him about the abuse and all he would offer was to "try and stay away from her". How can a child stay away from a parent that they live with and depend on? So from those experiences I have chose to estrange myself from my parents today and for many years. However I do struggle with the above mentioned scripture. Am I wrong for my that? | ||||||
2 | I know Ephesians 6: 1-2 tells you to hon | Eph 6:2 | Maybelline1 | 222846 | ||
I come from the same background and here is what I've been told. I've been told that I need to pray for her, forgive her and then love her but it can be from a distance. I realize that having a relationship with her would be dangerous and hazardous for my emotional health and our real Father in heaven is my real only parent in my mind. | ||||||
3 | I know Ephesians 6: 1-2 tells you to hon | Eph 6:2 | Hood Rat | 222853 | ||
Thank you Maybelline. I feel the same way because GOD doesn't mean for any of his children to be abused. | ||||||