Adam was hurt very deeply when I left, and I was hurt that I had to leave. But those hurts are what fueled our healing journey and they brought a lot of good. The hurt was the pain that made our marriage seek healing.
While taking a stand will likely HURT your spouse, staying in a situation that is emotionally or physically abusive will HARM you. Unhealthy situations cause trauma that takes a long time to heal. This type of pain is deep-rooted. The longer you spend in a situation like this, the more it eats away at the core of who you are, and the longer it takes to heal the wound.
It’s important to ask yourself the following question…