God Doesn't Expect You to Put Up With Abuse

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

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🗓️ 27 July 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Hannah's husband is violent, but her religious beliefs have her second guessing her decision to leave him. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Hannah, welcome to the program. Hi, thank you for having me. You're welcome, Hannah. How can I help?
0:17.6	I just left my husband after years of mental and some physical abuse and I've started the
0:27.1	divorce process, but I'm having doubts. He says he'll change. You're having doubts because you think
0:34.1	a woman should stay in a marriage where there's growing physical and emotional
0:38.6	and psychological abuse? You've changed your mind on that?
0:42.1	No, I'm having doubts because biblically, and that's important to me, I'm not supposed to leave.
0:50.5	I'm sorry, you're not supposed to leave biblically?
0:54.0	Yes. I'm sorry, you're not supposed to leave biblically? Yes.
0:55.0	I'm sorry.
0:57.8	Let me calm myself down.
1:00.8	Therefore, you're telling me you believe in God.
1:04.3	Yes.
1:05.5	Do you actually believe that God would be pissed off at you if you left a man who was violent and destructive
1:15.0	and dangerous? Do you believe in a God who would be pissed at you for doing that, for protecting
1:22.1	yourself against violence, humiliation, and the rest of that. I'm not asking you about your particular church,
1:29.5	because churches can come up with whole things like poison Kool-Aid.
1:35.2	So a particular church having a particular rule doesn't impress me.
1:40.7	I want to know if your belief in God covers that he would be mad, that you won't tolerate that?
1:49.4	No, I don't.
1:51.2	Okay. Well, and let's work with that for a moment, because that's important.
1:55.6	I don't care if some clergy person is telling you that their rendition of the Bible is that you should stay and be abused,
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