You are enough You got to move, move on You can get through it Things will change and you will go on Life is crazy but you got to leave and go away Life will get better You will find a way You will heal some day Tears will come and go away Just know…
February has been Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM). FOCUS Ministries is here for the students, the teens, the tweens, college people and all young people who are trying to navigate strange times and difficult relationships. Here are some important questions to consider: Have you really thought about YOU…in your personal relationships? Have you given…
You cut me deep you cut me quick way down to the core so I weep silently. I weep for me I weep for you because what you’re doing to me. How can you say how can you do this to me. I never thought I’d be here again wondering what will happen to me….
Because we recognize the month of February as a time to build awareness of Teen Dating Violence, I am re-posting the story I wrote last year about how Little Wife started out being an abused little teenage girl. Not much has changed … Girls still get abused, controlled, manipulated and assaulted on “dates” and by…
We are happy and blessed to announce a very original fundraiser happening right NOW for the FOCUS Ministries TEEN program. Because February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, we have been “focusing” on the reality and the tragedy of teen dating violence. And then OUT OF THE BLUE, one of our amazing support group leaders…
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. We are looking at this very important topic all month long. The reason? Simply this: if we build awareness of abuse at the teen/college level of relationships, we will reduce the number of women who are sitting in a support circle when they are 40 or 50 or…
Maybe you thought February is all about Valentine’s Day? Actually February has been designated as Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Even though we are still in January (and it has been a long month), we are beginning to look at Teen Dating Violence. We talked a bit about the statistics last week, and it is…
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. The problem of dating violence gets worse every year and we are thankful for the awareness that the government is giving to this devastating and sinful epidemic. And yes, I know that we are still in January, but my oh my doesn’t time fly. So please consider this…
What’s that old saying? “There’s no such thing as a stupid question.” Likely, most of us understand the implications of that statement. But I wonder, is it fair to say that some questions are better than others? We could probably agree on that. Truth be told, I think Jesus’ disciples didn’t always ask smart questions….
As I was pondering the recent Little Wife story about how she tried to quit drinking as a new year resolution, I remembered my own problems with substances in the past. We don’t like to think about those times, do we? It feels shameful and a betrayal of the resurrection power of the Holy Spirit…