Cricket Unscripted

People do love you 💜

Me… 🙋🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

What if?

Big conversations start with simple questions.

Try asking:

• What's something adults don't understand about being your age?
• Who would you talk to if something didn't feel right?
• What makes someone a trustworthy friend?
• Have you ever seen something online that made you uncomfortable?

Creating a safe space for conversation today can help protect children tomorrow.

💜 You don't have to have all the answers. Just be willing to listen.

🌷🌸✨🪻✨🌸🌷

aboutmyjesus

There are battles she never talks about, tears no one ever saw, and nights when she wondered how she would make it through. By all human standards, the weight she carried should have broken her spirit. The disappointments should have crushed her hope. The pain should have stolen her peace. Yet somehow, she is still standing.

**“Because God was with her, the things that should have broken her, didn’t.”**

It was not because she was stronger than everyone else. It was not because life was easier for her. It was because God walked beside her through every storm. When her strength ran out, His strength carried her. When fear tried to overwhelm her, His presence gave her courage. When she could not see a way forward, God made one.

There were situations that looked impossible. There were moments when she felt surrounded by problems with no solution in sight. Yet God protected her in ways she didn't even realize. Doors closed that would have harmed her. Delays redirected her. Difficult seasons taught her lessons that later became blessings.

**“Thanks to His protection, fire that should’ve burned her didn’t touch her.”**

God does not always remove every challenge, but He faithfully walks with His children through them. What was meant to destroy her became part of her testimony. What was meant to discourage her became part of her growth. What was meant to defeat her became evidence of God's faithfulness.

Now when she looks back, she sees God's fingerprints everywhere. In the moments she survived. In the prayers He answered. In the protection she never noticed at the time. In the strength she never knew she possessed until she needed it.

**“All because He loves her, she is a testament of grace.”**

She is living proof that God's grace is greater than any mistake, stronger than any struggle, and more powerful than any obstacle. Her story is not a story of perfection. It is a story of God's faithfulness. Every scar tells a story of survival. Every victory tells a story of grace.

And the same God who carried her through every difficult season will continue to guide her through whatever comes next. Because when God is with you, what should have destroyed you can become the very thing that reveals His power, His mercy, and His endless love. ❤️🙏✨

Men can be victims of domestic and sexual violence also.

He was lying in the middle of the street.

Near a police station.

Screaming for help.

And nobody came.

When people talk about domestic abuse, many picture a woman trying to escape a violent partner.

But what happens when the victim is a man?

What happens when he's bigger, stronger, and physically capable of fighting back...
..but knows that if he does, he could be the one arrested?

Many male survivors describe feeling trapped between two impossible choices:

Endure the abuse.

Or risk not being believed.

For some, the fear isn't just the violence.

It's the shame.
The ridicule.
The accusations.
The belief that nobody will take them seriously.

One survivor asked:

"What am I supposed to do when police don't believe me, my friends make fun of me for getting beat up by a girl, and she's still stalking my every move?"

Domestic abuse doesn't have a gender.

And survivors shouldn't have to prove they deserve help.

Read the full blog:
https://breakthesilencedv.org/?p=19180

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