Keep Your Eyes On Me: Finding God's Light Through Domestic Violence
The Celiac Shack Real food, faith & gluten-free living ❦ Keep Your Eyes On Me Finding God's light through domestic violence by Steffanie England October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this year I want to share the part of the story that's full of light, because God has been in every bit of it. I'm loyal. I have grit. I don't give up on people. Those are good things, and for a long time they kept me holding on and holding my silence, afraid of what speaking up would do. When I finally began opening up to a few close friends and a counselor, they told me plainly: NO, what you are living is NOT normal. Picture me in that counselor's office. My arms and legs were crossed. My head was shaved, I wore no makeup, and I had on a cream trench coat in the middle of summer with my cowboy boots. Everything about me was saying, STAY AWAY FROM ME. That shaved head had a story. I had a dear friend, now passed on, who had left an abusive relationship ...
