When Your Spouse Comes from An Abusive Home
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 15 September 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
What do you do when your spouse comes from an abusive home? The pain can last for years, but it doesn't have to be the end of your story. Erin, Greg and John give a dose of hope to couples who are struggling with abuse from the past. Featuring Milan and Kay Yerkovich.
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| 0:00.0 | The Stara's first pregnancy was terminated when she was 15 years old. |
| 0:06.0 | She didn't understand what was happening. |
| 0:08.0 | After three more abortions, she finally learned the truth. |
| 0:12.0 | I heard it from focus on the family and they were talking about pro-life being a baby, a human being in your stomach. |
| 0:21.0 | And I was like, wow, that's pro life. |
| 0:24.7 | Today, Dostara has six children who represent God's love and forgiveness in her life. |
| 0:31.0 | And today, Dostara is a pro-life advocate. |
| 0:34.3 | So it's focus on the family has definitely sharpened me and I'm looking forward to |
| 0:38.8 | continuing to being sharpening. I'm not embarrassed anymore about the choices that I made. I'm wanting to help. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm Jim Daly. Working together we can rescue pre-born babies and their moms giving these families hope. Donate at |
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| 1:00.0 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast. You can find more |
| 1:06.3 | relationship insights at focus on the family dot com slash marriage podcast. |
| 1:12.0 | Well you might have met a couple where one or even both of them came from an abusive home |
| 1:18.0 | and that pain can last for years, but the good news is, with God's help, those past hurts can heal. |
| 1:25.0 | I'm John Fuller along with my friends and focus colleagues, Greg and Aaron Smalley, |
| 1:30.0 | they're in charge of our marriage department here at Focus. |
| 1:32.0 | And, Aaron, you counsel with a lot of couples. |
| 1:35.1 | How often do you see a couple where there's a struggle |
| 1:38.3 | because there's a past, an abusive parent or a relative and they've never really healed. |
| 1:45.0 | Well I would say all the time that I meet people. |
| 1:48.0 | Maybe it wasn't like a physical abuse or neglect, |
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