DOMESTIC VIOLENCE—STAYING OR LEAVING AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP What a decision! Do I stay in or leave this abusive relationship? For victims, the most difficult, and dangerous, time is deciding upon staying in or leaving an abusive relationship. I’ve been reflecting upon my first marriage, with its domestic violence and resulting divorce. Having been raised in30

  Faith is a powerful thing. It can resurrect the most dead of relationships. It can resurrect trust that has been totally annihilated. We pray in faith, believing, or else why would we pray at all? I would never intend to minimize the power of prayer or the importance of a spiritual way of life.30