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Demon 2: Divorce

    “ So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore , what God has joined together, let not man separate. ” They said to Him , “ Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away? ”   — Matthew 19:6, NKJ     Much of my outrage and rebellion in skipping kindergarten had to do with my parents’ divorce. Thankfully, I don’t remember much of it. If there were knock-out-drag-out fights, yelling, screaming, or cursing, I have no recollection. Mom and Dad divorced when I was two years old. Confusion is a symptom of the divorce . I am shuffled back and forth between Mom’s and Dad’s every other weekend; they split or work around holidays, so I can spend time with both sides of my families.    The stress and anxiety that I feel plays a role in my subconscious. The outcome of the divorce creates mental blocks and barriers that kill my hope for the traditional American family in the early ‘80s. Because Mom and Dad divorced when I was young and are midd
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Demon 1: Words Do Hurt

  Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things . See how great a forest a little fire kindles! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is to set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on the fire the course of natur e; and it is set on fire by hell.   — J ames 3:5 – 6, NKJ       While in elementary school, my mother and I had an outrageous argument. It isn’t one of those arguments where I scream and shout until my lungs burn from anger and my eyes are swollen from stinging tears. It’s one those verbal fights that leave me scarred for a lifetime. It’s one of those fights that lingered in the back of my mind years after I proclaimed forgiveness of such a hateful phrase. It’s a defining moment in testing my absolute inner self, in knowing that nothing in this world is more important than believing in myself.   My mother told me, “You’re not smart enough to go to college.” In that moment my world changed. At a whopping six-years
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