Shine Now! Mag July 2016 Shine Now! Mag July Volume 1 Issue 2 | Page 15

Relationships: 4-Steps to Overcome a Painful Past
By: Michael Delaney, Jr.

Our childhood experiences shape our adult
relationships. Whether good or bad, we draw from our
past to shape our relationships as adults. Like some, I
had a painful past. I suppressed my pain until infidelity
crept into my marriage. It forced me to reexamine
myself. I remembered the tough upbringing I endured.
My mother and sister were drug addicted prostitutes.
My brother, also an addict, was in always in jail.
“I learned how to use
prayer and spiritual
warfare to combat
promiscuity.”

I saw things a 6-year old should never see. I developed
a convoluted view of life because of my unstable home.
I lost my innocence and gained sexual desires. I was
active by age 7. I didn’t understand how to view myself
or other children in a non-sexual way.
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