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AgapeBridge

A bridge to Healing

About Me

Get my banner code or design your own bannerThis is the AgapeBridge page. It is a place for victims of sexual abuse or any form of abuse to find healing and fellowship. A place to share stories. A place to lift up Jesus and come to understand he loves us even when we dont love ourselves. His image of us is NOT the one we sometimes see in the mirror. Jesus wants to lift that burden of shame from victims. He wants to cradle you in his arms and let you know that you are loved!He wants us to press forward and live full happy lives. We are survivors. We are no longer victims. This page is here in hopes to share with others things that have helped me. Jesus taught me I can do all things through him who gives me strength. (Phillipians 4:13)It is also here to help educate and spread the word about abuse. It is here to be as informative as possible and hopefully one day we can put a stop to the abuse of children everywhere. United we stand to stop this evil. God can heal us after abuse but it is something that should never happen to begin with. It is a Christian duty to protect those who cant protect themselves. Pray for the children acoss the world who are hungry. The ones who are hurting. The ones who are cold.Pray for justice so child molestors cant molest again. Pray for the children who live in abuse and hunger to come to know Jesus so they can finally find peace inside. Pray for the world.He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart Psalm 91:4 AgapeBridge Blog Agape Blog VISIT OUR MESSAGE BOARD! Message BoardVISIT OUR WEBPAGE- WebsiteThis page supports Shelly Lubben in her pursuit to tell the truth about Porn. Visit her myspace and add her as a friend. Click here for Shellys Page on Myspace----------------------------------------------------- ----- I edited my profile at Free Christian MySpace Layouts , check out these Christian Myspace Layouts!
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My Interests

AgapeBridge means the Bridge to learning to love yourself. Survivors of sexual abuse often have trouble loving theirselves because they feel unworthy and unloveable. Looking at ourselves using this kind of love (Agape) helps us overcome that. It also describes God's love for humanity. Realizing you are really loved that deeply has a powerful affect on self image.(Definition of Agape=means "love" in modern day Greek. Generally, in the New Testament it refers to a total commitment or self-sacrificial love for the object loved. The word seems to contain more of an mental or intellectual element than the other Greek words for love. It is a rational love that is not based on total self-interest. By this a Christian is required to love(agape)someone who is not necessarily lovely or loveable.)-------------------------------------------------- --------

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who is hurting. Anyone who has nightmares. Anyone who holds their head down. Ones who know the sting of sexual abuse first hand or want to support friends or loved ones who have been through it. Those who want to join forces to stop this from happening to another child. Those who care. __________________________________________________________ WHAT IS CHILD ABUSE? # Child abuse is physical -- shaking, hitting, beating, burning, or biting a child. # Child abuse is emotional -- constantly blaming or putting down a child; excessive yelling, shaming. # Child abuse is sexual -- incest, any forced sexual activity, exposure to sexual stimulation not appropriate for the child's ag # Child abuse is neglect -- a pattern of failure to provide for the child's physical needs, such as food, clothing, shelter, and medical care; a pattern of failure to provide for the child's emotional needs, such as affection, attention, and supervision. Child abuse prevention costs only a fraction of the millions of dollars currently needed to respond after a child has been abused. Child abuse occurs in every age group, every race, every religion and every economic group. No community is untouched. __________________________________________________________If you would like to know Jesus all you have to do is ask him. Romans 10:9 says "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." (Simply pray Lord I know I am sinner. I know you died you for me and rose again. Come into my heart and make me whole. Change my life. I want to live for you from this day forward.In Jesus name AMEN.) CALL THE NATIONAL SEXUAL ABUSE HOTLINE NOW IF YOU OR A FRIEND ARE BEING ABUSED: 1-800-656-HOPE or contact National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

ArtistsHelpingChildren.org - seeks to enhance the quality of life for sick, abused, or neglected children by helping people with information and resources to help sick children with with art, gifts, and toys. Also provides a multitude of information on free coloring book pages, arts and crafts ideas, articles and more.

Music:



Disciple, Kutless, Third Day, Jeremy Camp, Pillar, Bride, Casting Crowns, Kirk Franklin and others who put Jesus first.

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My Blog

Updated Sources of help

I will be placing sites and hotlines in this blog. This will be updated as more become available.Women Of SubstanceThey offer a 24 hour Crisis Intervention Hotline for sexual abuse and many other form...
Posted by AgapeBridge on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 06:16:00 PST

Where do you abide?

My goal with this page is to help abuse victims like myself. I want to educate people of warning signs and do what I can to prevent it from happening to other children. I pursue this not only as someo...
Posted by AgapeBridge on Fri, 18 May 2007 07:14:00 PST

All forms of abuse MUST STOP

The psychiatric impact of domestic violence is great. Women with a history of childhood abuse are more likely to be abused as adults than women without that history, said Warshaw. "Rates of posttrau...
Posted by AgapeBridge on Tue, 08 May 2007 06:56:00 PST

The Costs and Consequences of Child Maltreatment

Child abuse and neglect cost our society, not only in terms of the trauma caused to the maltreated individuals, but also in economic terms. Economic costs include the funds spent each year on child we...
Posted by AgapeBridge on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 07:05:00 PST

When we fight....

32,439 People killed theirselves in 2004. Making it the 11th leading cause of death in America. Above homicide, Parkinson Disease and other causees. One of the leading causes of suicide is child abuse...
Posted by AgapeBridge on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 06:25:00 PST

Getting the mold out & my Agape Blogs

I have been thinking on how mold will take over a house. There are many different kinds of mold. Some make you sick and some can kill you. Mold smells and it looks bad and makes people ashamed of thei...
Posted by AgapeBridge on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:46:00 PST

Why does abuse happen? And my Hiding Place study

In researching the why you can soon discover there are many factors. Psychological, Social and stress factors contribute mostly to it. Psychological factors can cover things such as abusers are someti...
Posted by AgapeBridge on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 06:59:00 PST

Male sexual abuse taken from Internet Safety Education

She encourages us to use the resources on her page so here is one of them for those who havent read it. Sexual abuse of boys has been overlooked or minimized. Very little is written that specifically ...
Posted by AgapeBridge on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 08:31:00 PST

A reminder/ Myths/ Incest Checklist

Sexual abuse of children and the dangers of sexual predators is such a threat to all of us that it is shameful it doesnt get more attention. Child sexual abuse is reported about 80,000 times a year. W...
Posted by AgapeBridge on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:45:00 PST

Sharing steps in my healing

A Accept that you cant change the past. You cant go back and live it again. Accept it was NOT  your fault. Accept you have control now. GGreive over what you went through and what you lost. Putti...
Posted by AgapeBridge on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:47:00 PST