A Story of Abuse

As I scan several sites in the net for news, there is one story I found that really triggered my interest. It’s a story from Rev. Dr. Unnia Pettus, a church woman who seems luminous outside, but has a pitch-black world inside.

Her marriage with her husband seemed perfect, at least in everybody’s perception. But she saw differently. Verbal abuse came to her like a breath of air, and, as if her husband wasn’t satisfied with the rain of painful words, he’d continue abusing her, but this time, the infliction of pain would be through her body, as he mercilessly battered her.

She didn’t just suffer from emotional and physical abuse, she also experienced the heartbreak of betrayal and infidelity. She found out that her husband has been cheating on her. And that was the time when Rev. Pettus realized that it’s time to end the suffering.

However, the ending of suffering meant the ending of her life as well. She committed suicide, but fortunately, she was revived and saved. And now that she finally survived hell, she’s back in her church with pride, strength, and stronger faith to the Creator.

Rev. Pettus and her husband are Christians. Though it seemed like they were perfect and great Christian worshipers. However, her story proved that despite the status, despite the appearance, it was not perfect nor great at all.

Read her entire story in:

http://media.www.districtchronicles.com/media/storage/paper263/news/2007/10/21/Cover/

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