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Originally Posted by NewLeaf
The thing I hate about these cases that are prosecuted is that it has to be a very young child, a child has to die, etc. What happened to these babies is atrocious. But it's atrocious regardless of the age or the outcome. So many people can't see that.
So many times I've linked to stories like these with people commenting things like 'They took it too far' or 'of course you have to use common sense'. It's so sad how hardened people's hearts have become because spanking has become ingrained with their faith and theology.
I truly hope that lives are transformed through this situation coming to light. The lives of the children, the parents and all those that hear it.
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I agree with you completely.
And,
I have been one of "those" people. I have hit my dds repeatedly, many times a day for things which now don't even make me think twice about my sons doing it. (the girls are nearly ten and 8.5 - boys are 3.5 and nearly two)
I could go on and on about the things I have done because I truly believed it was best, right and Biblical. The implications of the wrongness of what I have done, and what has been done to me, in Christ's name, no less, still make me want to crawl in a hole and hide sometimes. It is truly terrible.
Always, no matter where I am at right now, my mantra is "but for the grace of God..." His grace is what keeps me going when I am so wrong these days and it is what keeps me going when I am once again hit with the severity of what I have done.
This is why I so appreciate what Katiekind said on the first page -
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I am sick to my stomach. God pour tenderest mercy on those poor children and lift the veil of deception in the minds of the adults. That is horrible.
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I wonder if someone prayed that way for me? I wonder if that is what has made the difference in my heart and home?