Just walk away to a NEW FUTURE 
His anger at you comes from his past and really has nothing to do with you. You are the target for his "misplaced anger" at someone in his past.
Children deserve to grow up in "peace."
Men are to love their wives as Christ loved the Church and laid His life down for her.
Cycle Of Abuse and Violence

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                        Domestic violence should not happen to anybody ever.  Period.

If you are a victim of domestic violence you are one of thousands of women who are living under this tyranny on a daily basis. But you do not have to remain in that situation forever. There is a way out.  There is a "light at the end of the tunnel."
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No matter what, even if you have no money, and children to feed, there is a way out if you know how to plan it. But you must plan to get out of the situation in a safe way without getting hurt further.

I am sure you have heard of battered women's shelters. They DO actually exist. They are as close to you as your phone book. Call one of them and they will help you to leave. If your husband keeps you isolated from the rest of the world, use your computer to get help. If you are reading this you have a computer. You can e-mail the police, a friend, or a battered women's shelter. There are also crisis hot lines that you can call. You can also just dial 911.
Never go back to or stay with a man who is physically abusing you.
Because He will physically abuse you again, no matter what he says.

No matter what your church teaches, God NEVER expects a woman to stay in a marriage where she is being beaten, and mentally, emotionally, and verbally abused. If you are being told to go home and be more "submissive" to your husband then that is WRONG biblical advice.

The word "submissive" in the original Greek does not mean to "go jump off a cliff " if your husband tells you to. In the original Greek, the word "submissive" means  "to have equal respect for each other." 
Men who are abusive to their wives do not have "equal respect" for them. They actually see their wives as weak. And the more you allow them to abuse you, the more weak they actually see you, and the more disgusted they become with you. So, even though they want to "lord it over you" they need to have you weak, so that they can be strong. They actually could never control a strong woman.
Men have to earn the right to be the " Head of the Household "

Even though the Bible teaches that the man is the "head of the household" it also means that a man has to earn that right. Many men take that verse and use it to act like "Hitler." And they control their wives and their children in an abusive, domineering, cruel and threatening way, which is anything but how God meant them to be. If a man wants his wife to be submissive to him, he has to be godly in the first place so that she will have no trouble being submissive. Being "godly" means being loving, fair, compassionate, tender, humble, and actually willing to lay down one's life for their wife.
Christ also taught that men are to "love their wives as Christ loved the Church" and obviously beating up your wife is NOT the way that Christ loved the Church. Men who batter their wives are "unbelievers" no matter what they say they are, because their actions towards their wives are anything but loving. Their words and their actions do not match up. They contradict each other. They do not believe in God because if they did,  their actions would be loving, not abusive.
So if you are in a battering situation, you are married to an "unbeliever" and the Bible tells us that we are free to divorce an "unbeliever." Do not believe any church or pastor that tells you it is OK to live with a batterer. If you do, you could get killed.
God will help you

God will help you to become free from an abusive husband. If you call a battered women's shelter they will give you food, shelter and money for yourself and your children. They will keep your whereabouts secret from your husband. They will give you counseling so that you can regain the self-esteem you have lost from being in an abusive situation. They will help you to become strong again, and to find a new home, a new life, a new job. And most importantly, you will meet other women who have lived through what you are going through and survived.
Staying in an abusive marriage for the sake of the children is wrong for the children.

I know of a woman who stayed in an abusive situation for 21 years "because of her children" and she thought she had no place to go, no money, and that being abused was better than being out on the street. She prayed and prayed to God to change her husband for years and years, and yet the husband only got worse and more dangerous. About ten years into the marriage, one day when she was praying, God spoke to her heart and told her in no uncertain terms to "quit praying for her husband" and to "take her two children and get away from him."  God explained to her that she could not change her husband, and even God Himself could not change her husband, UNLESS the husband wanted to be changed, admitted his actions were wrong, asked for forgiveness and agreed to get counseling.
The battle you are having with an abusive man is not really your battle, it is God's.  The battle is between God and the abusive man.

God further explained to her that her battle was not with her husband as she had thought. The battle that she thought was her's, was really God's, and it was a battle between God and her husband. She needed to "get out of God's way" and let God "fight the fight" with her husband. Because God told her that her husband's problem was between God and her husband. It was not her battle, it was God's. Her responsibility was to her children and to herself.
Love does not equal violence
This man that you are with or married to will batter ANY WOMAN, not just you. He would batter the woman down the street if he was married to her and not you. This is because the problem is NOT YOU, it is HIS PAST and how he learned to treat women in general. He has a love/hate view of woman in general.
                     You cannot change or fix the person who is battering you.

As a battered woman you need to understand that you cannot change your husband into this wonderful man who knows how to love his wife in a godly manner. You cannot fix him either. All you can do, is to get away from him and save your life and your sanity.
                             All batterers need long term counseling

Men who abuse women NEED long term counseling, and then they have to want to and admit that they were wrong, and that they need help. If they have no desire to do this, then you are wasting your time trying to be whatever they want you to be. You could turn yourself into a "pretzel" and your husband would STILL find something wrong with you. You could "do or not do," "say or not say,"  "be or not be" everything that he says you should do, say, or be, and he would STILL find something wrong with you.
He is the one with the PROBLEM, not you, no matter how hard he tries to make you think it is your fault.

And the reason is simple. HE is the one with the PROBLEM, not YOU!!!!!!! And his problems with women, and anger, and control happened LONG before you ever met him. They happened in his childhood, and are due to his relationship with his parents. Either his father abused him or his mother, or his mother abused him, or he saw his father abuse his mother, or some other significant person in his childhood abused him, and YOU are now the "Target" for his anger that is now showing up years later. He has this hate/love relationship with women. With ANY woman, not just you. No matter what he tells you, he would treat ANY woman he was married to, or in a relationship with the same way that he treats you.
                            His actions of abuse are NOT YOUR FAULT!

I am sure he has told you that EVERYTHING is your fault. That if you would "just do, this, or do that, then he would be fine."  I bet he has even said that you CAUSE him to treat you bad, or to hit you, or to verbally and mentally abuse you.  This is NOT TRUE and you know it, deep down inside. But you see, he needs to find SOMETHING, ANYTHING wrong with you, so that he does not have to look at himself. He passes the blame for his violence on to you. He is never at fault for anything, YOU are, according to him. This is a bunch of HOGWASH. It is called "crazy making" and it can drive you insane.
                     Ministers who batter their wives

* Even ministers have been known to be batterers. Which if you are married to a minister who is "one thing in the pulpit and another thing in your home," then go to your church's headquarters and report him to his superiors. If they don't help you, or won't believe you then go to the police. DO NOT SPEND twenty years of your life trying to protect him from being found out by the congregation. Just remove yourself and your children from him.
In conclusion, you simply need to walk away from your abusive situation instead of thinking that it will change or that you can fix it, because it WILL NOT CHANGE, and you CANNOT FIX IT.  Only your abusive spouse can change themselves, and then only if they want to and realize that they have a problem and ARE the problem, and they go and get help for their problem.  Let the professionals do the counseling,  and in the meantime you, take the children and run, don't walk away as soon as possible.
In spite of what he tries to make you believe, he would have this problem with any woman that he was married to.  Because he has a warped view of women to start with . And this usually comes from his warped view of his mother, that she caused by her over-protectiveness, or her cold, unaffectionate way of relating to him. And it also comes from him watching his father treat his mother with abuse and disrespect. In other words, your husband did not have good role models in childhood for what love is, what marriage is, and what mutual love and respect are. BUT you cannot fix this.
Which is why he HAS TO FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU, because if he does not, he has to become intimate with you, and that is something he is scared of. So he pushes you away, and he makes it your fault when it is NOT your fault. He may be sexually active with you, but treat you afterwards like scum.
                                       The Honeymoon Period

He may hit you, and cry about it later, and beg your forgiveness, bring you flowers and treat you like a queen for a few days. But it does not last right? And this is because the "root cause" of his need to abuse you has nothing to do with you at all!!! It is because he is mad at someone in his past and he has transferred that anger to you, the closest target. 
And so, after all his apology's and promises to "never abuse you again" the tension starts to build inside him again, and then he looks for things to get mad at you about, or actually "creates" things out of nothing to get mad at you about, so that he can get angry at you and release the tension by hitting you. And then after he hits you, the tension goes away, and he feels remorse. And the flowers, and promises start all over again. It is called "The Honeymoon Period" and just like a honeymoon, it is short-lived. This is called the "Cycle of Abuse."  And it will continue the rest of your life if you allow it to. It will continue UNTIL he gets professional help.
* If you are married to a policeman who is abusing you and you think you have nowhere to turn, then contact a Woman's Abuse Shelter.   They are well aware of the fact that even some policemen can be batterers of their wives. And they know how to get in touch with the GOOD side of the law to protect you from their threats. Abuse has no particular group or economic level in which it happens.  It can happen in any profession, any house, and any economic situation. And many wives live the "secret" that eventually will destroy them.
Either way, do not waste one more day, one more hour of your life, with someone who does not love you as you should be loved.
Staying in an abusive situation can drive you crazy and harm your health or may end your life.

Abuse can happen in all kinds of ways, and it is a very insidious, slow way of making YOU go crazy. His abuse can eventually kill you either by wearing down your health or by his actually "killing you." The bottom line is you are not the one with the problem, although he will try to make you think that you are. He may even threaten to kill you or your children or your family. This is when you need to call the police. 
One last thing. Many women think that leaving their husband would be harmful to their children. Maybe your husband makes a lot of money, and holds a prestigious position in the community. But it is a proven fact that children who grow up seeing their mother being abused by their father do one of two things later in life. They either become the "victim" of an abuser or they go to the other extreme and become abusive themselves, to their spouses and their own children. It is NEVER good or right or the correct moral thing to do to keep your children in an abusive situation and think you are doing them a favor.
Because all that is really happening is they are learning that love ='s VIOLENCE. Love means using force to get your way. Love means intimidation, and using hateful words and actions to control others. Love means HATE in the abusive household, and it means FEAR.  And it can ever mean DEATH.  When the real truth is, LOVE means the exact opposite.
For Help & Advice
Domestic Violence Resources
National Domestic Violence Hotline:
800-799-SAFE (800-799-7233)
www.ndvh.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence
202-543-5566
http://www.nnedv.org

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
303-839-1852
http://www.ncadv.org

Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence Family Violence Prevention Fund
800-313-1310

U.S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/

Battered Women’s Justice Project
800-903-0111

Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
800-313-1310
National Resource Center on DV
800-537-2238

Domestic Violence Shelter Tour
800-621-HOPE

National Battered Women’s Law Project
212-741-9480

Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence
334-832-4842
800-650-6522
http://www.acadv.org/

Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
907-586-3650
http://www.andvsa.org/

Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence
602-279-2900
http://www.azcadv.org/
Arkansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence
501-812-0571


Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence (in California)
805-654-8141
24-hr hotline: 805-656-1111
Spanish hotline: 800-300-2181
TDD: 805-656-4439

Statewide California Coalition for Battered Women 562-981-1202
888-722-2952
California Alliance Against Domestic Violence
916-444-7163

Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence
303-831-9632
888-778-7091

Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence
860-524-5890

DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence
202-783-5332
http://www.dccadv.org
My Sister’s Place (in Washington D.C.)
24-hour hotline: 202-529-5991

Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence
302-658-2958
24-hour bilingual line: 888-522-2571

Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
808-486-5072

Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
208-384-0419
888-293-6118

Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence
217-789-2830
800-677-2830
Life Span
24-hr crisis line: 847-824-4454

Friends of Battered Women and Their Children
773-274-5232
800-603-HELP


Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
317-543-3908
800-332-7385

Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
515-244-8028
800-942-0333

Kansas Coalition Against Domestic Violence
785-232-9784
888-END-ABUSE (in Kansas only)

Kentucky Domestic Violence Association
http://www.kdva.org/

Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence
225-752-1296

Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence
207-941-1194

Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence
www.mcedv.org
301-352-4574
800-MD-HELPS
Jane Doe Inc./Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
617-248-0922

Bay County Women’s Center
800-834-2098
517-686-4551

Michigan 24-hour crisis line: 517-265-6776

Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
517-347-7000

Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
651-646-6177
http://www.mcbw.org

Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence
601-981-9196
800-898-3234

Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence
573-634-4161

Women’s Support and Community Services
314-531-2003

Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
406-443-7794
Crisis Line
406-453-HELP

Nebraska Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Coalition
402-476-6256
800-876-6238

Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence
775-828-1115
800-230-1955

SAFE House
702-451-4203

New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
603-225-9000 (outside of N.H.)
603-224-8893 
800-852-3388 (in N.H.)

New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women
609-584-8107
New Mexico State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Legal helpline: 800-209-DVLH
505-246-9240
800-773-3645 (in NM only)
nmcadv@nmcadv.org

New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
518-432-4864
800-942-6906

North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence
919-956-9124

North Dakota Council on Abused Women’s Services
701-255-6240
800-472-2911 (in ND only)

Ohio Domestic Violence Network
614-784-0023
800-934-9840

Action Ohio Coalition for Battered Women
614-221-1255

Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
405-848-1815
800-522-7233

Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
503-365-9644
800-622-3782 http://www.ocadsv.com

Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence/NationaResource Center on Domestic Violence
717-545-6400
800-932-4632
800-537-2238
Puerto Rico Coordinadora Paz Para la Mujer, Inc
787-281-7579

Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
401-467-9940
800-494-8100

South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
803-256-2900
800-260-9293
South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
605-945-0869
800-572-9196

Tennessee Task Force Against Domestic Violence
615-386-9406
800-356-6767

Texas Council on Family Violence
512-794-1133
800-525-1978
Utah Domestic Violence Advisory Council
801-538-4635
800-897-LINK (in Utah only)

Women Helping Battered Women (in Vermont)
802-658-1996
800-228-7395

Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
802-223-1302
vnadvsao@sover.net
Virginians Against Domestic Violence
757-221-0990
800-838-VADV

Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
360-407-0756 

Washington State Domestic Violence Hotline
800-562-6025 
Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence
206-636-1903

West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
304-965-3552


Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence
608-225-0539

Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
307-755-5481
800-990-3877
International Organizations
Human Rights Watch, Womenights Project
202-371-6592

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNEFEM)
212-906-6400 lick here to add text.
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