Broken

Amnon was wicked. He brutally raped his sister Tamar. He destroyed her destiny and future. he slashed her self-esteem. He spoiled her integrity. He broke her femininity like a twig under his feet. Her assassinated her character. She went into his room a virgin with a future. When it was over, she was bleeding, trembling, crying mass of pain. [2 Samuel 13: 1 - 21]

That is one of the saddest stories in the Bible. The body survived, but femininity was destroyed. She felt as though she would never be the woman that she would have been had it not happened.

Have you ever had anything happen to you that changed you forever? Somehow, you were like a palm tree and you survived. Yet you knew you would never be the same.....

But .... but some do not survive ....

Why has society normalized the harassment, objectifying, abuse and killing of women?

"A man shot his wife four times on the chest in front of the kids."

"Pregnant South African woman found dead hanging in tree."

This is what we wake up to every other day. Its not okay and not normal.

Where have we got it wrong? How do we fix it? Where do we start?