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Verbal abuse, the most under rated form of abuse in our society today. The
children's ditty "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words
will never hurt me," is a lie from the pit of hell. Broken bones heal,
but the wounds of words can fester for a lifetime.
Recently I was privileged to see God bring miraculous healing to one who
was "nurtured" on verbal abuse. Her family continually told her
that she was the abortion that went wrong. Her earliest childhood memories
were those of her mother crooning her to sleep with the following ditty:
You ain't nothin' but a nothin',
You're not anything at all.
You're not a good thing
Nor a bad thing,
You're not anything at all!
Now in her 60's, she felt unloved by God and man. Through one of
my sermons God exploded a glorious revelation of His unconditional love
into her heart. Words cannot convey the excitement she had as she shared
this glorious breakthrough to me. It's never too late.
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