Amish: Out of Order

[Margies3]

AreYouReady, I can't thank you enough for sharing your story with us. I know it is not easy to re-live all of that when you tell your life history. I am sooo, sooo sorry that you had to live thru what you had to endure.

I was talking to my friend the other day (who just happens to be a pediatrician, so she sees alot more than most of us!). We were talking about how when we grew up we didn't know anyone we could have said for sure was being abused at home. There were some who we would say that about now. But in those days, even abuse such as yours would have been considered "parental privilege". Today, if someone knew about that kind of stuff going on, it would get turned in to Children's Services and someone would investigate. I truly HOPE that that means that less children from this generation will have to grow up in abusive situations than did in the past. But on the other hand, I am appalled at how MANY children I know of today who are living in those kinds of conditions and even worse. I am dumbfounded by the number of girls I know personally who have been or are being sexually abused in their own homes. My heart weeps for what this world has come to. Has it always been this bad and I just lived a much protected life???

AYR, I'm thankful that you did not choose to blame God for what someone else did to you. He is truly the only One who has answers for your life. To blame Him would have been to put up a wall and not allowed Him to help you. Congratulations on making the far better choice.

Thank you again for sharing your story and being so open. We have a tendency to attack here on AFF when someone doesn't believe exactly like we do. Perhaps it would help alot if we knew more about where people have come from and what formed their belief systems. We might be more understanding, you think?