This is an edited excerpt from Darby Strickland’s book
Is It Abuse? A Biblical Guide to Identifying and Helping Victims of Domestic Abuse.
You will recognize them by their fruits.
Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? (Matt. 7:16)
Matt and Sarah routinely fought about how to spend their weekends. Sarah valued her extended family and wanted to spend as much time with them as possible. Matt desired more dedicated time when their family of four could enjoy one another. It was hard for both of them to compromise because they each feared giving up something that they valued, and they often argued about what they should do on a given weekend.
While I was unpacking things with them in counseling, I learned along with them that while Sarah enjoyed her husband and children, she was also afraid of missing out on experiences with her larger family. Once she was able to work through this fear, she was more willing to give up events in order to spend time with just her immediate family. And after some wrestling and praying, Matt saw that it was not only the case that he wanted alone time with his
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