Having never suffered sexual abuse I am hesistant to comment on / trivialize it, but I really love Amy's observation that the power of Christianity is that rather than solving our suffering, God gets into the middle of our suffering (via crucifixion) and that that is where we find him, often. I think Christians should focus on this message rather than the more abstract imagery of him paying for our sins.
my own 2 young grandchildren have a rare disorder that causes them physical and mental pain. Where's god here? I tried to turn christian before but i now believe that one must have a gene for blind faith. The best I can do is God is goodness.
my own 2 young grandchildren have a disorder that causes them physical and mental pain. Where's god here? I tried to turn christian before but i now believe that one must have a gene for blind faith. The best I can do is God is goodness.
hi, just wondering...there is an image of a woman with a tattoo on her arm (an eye) and a big moon in the background...where is that image available to copy?it's towards the end of the video... thank you...
i was sexually and physically abused. the healing in Chirst took alongtime. i forgave themin the power and love of God, forgivess seeks jutice. this song and donna summer song Love is the Healer helped me so much! john.
my cousin abused me when I was little...I was only 6...and every sunday he was abuse me, it stoped when i was 10. Its a really scarring expirience but I'm starting to get over it, I love songs like this.
this is a good song, but the notion that an all-powerful god refuses to stop child abuse is what drove me away from Christianity. The beginning of the song is perfect. And guess what- peace, mercy, freedom from the pain can be obtained without Christianity. I should say in SPITE OF religion- because too many abusers hide behind the veil of religion.
@Hawthornefae I guess that is when free will comes into play, if God created us to be puppets and He being the puppet master what kind of life would that be?We have a free will to accept Jesus in our life or to not, we have a free will to eat junk food each meal to to obtain a healthy diet, we have a free will to drink coffee or choose a hot chocolate etc... And we have a free will to abuse people or not.It's not right but freedom is what separates us from being puppets
@lamibydesign Oh please. That "He gave us free will" cop-out clause that every Christian drags out in an attempt justify the apparent lack of divine intervention in times when any truly loving god would intervene. The abusers may have free will to choose to abuse, but the kids usually don't have the free will or strength to avoid being abused. If I was a god, I'd want to protect those that need protecting.
@makikomi God doesn't give us something we can't handle. And if we get stuck, he gives us a way out. You can believe in no God. But when I'm most alone, when my heart is broken, I know to keep going on for Him. That's my reason to keep living. I respect that you have other reasons to keep living, but you shouldn't go on a Christian song and expect us not to believe in God. That's the most ridiculous thing. to think that your word alone will change our state of mind.
glad you found peace and freedom. Unfortunately God doesn't control all of us so we can't blame him for the good or the bad. Once we give him control we can then hold him responsible.
@Hawthornefae Every where God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit moves so is the devil moving. The devil is the enemy and he is the one who gives the abuser the opportunity to harm. The abuser will pay for his crime some day. Jesus knows your pain and he weeps for you. Our God will avenge and subdue the enemy. Ps.18:47. I have prayed for mercy and forgiveness for my assailant. Now I am free! Seek God who gives real joy and be glad. Let God be magnified! Psalm40:16
@lifd1964 wow you make me sick, we u die nothing happens and u say rappers will be punished when they die... how can they be when thire brain is dead..... welll u need to think about bullshit
@Hawthornefae In the end, if we didn't have free choice some people resent God because of his forcing them into what they would do. This way, we have a choice. We have to make sure we make the right ones. Freedom from the pain can be obtained without Christianity. But God wants to help us if we make the right choice and isn't it easier to do the right thing when someone's beside us helping us? He's a friend, waiting for us to ask him for help. He's willing to help. Are we willing to ask?
@Hawthornefae YEAH? The freak that raped my angel's in a fed psyche pen and BECAUSE of her, laws were changed here. She does not remember and this KATRINA on us saved about 10-15 other girls or more. God uses satan's trash. Today she is an exuberant, loving, happy & SWEET young lady.Deemed psychologically undamaged. Thank GOD!!! YES, it tore me apart, but Christ put us back together. There's a power in him that can be felt.
Ten years ago, I was lost, alone, and so, very, afraid. I met a girl like me, who'd been thru what I had. I didn't know her long. 2 wks maybe. She committed suicide, but before she did, she shared this song with me. I remember that moment more clearly than any other in those years. It was the moment I began to think there might be some way out of hell. 3 minute song. like a candle at midnight.
MY Mother kicked my sister and i out of the house beucase someone called the police on her firends husband ( a child rapist). (my mom thought i called the police. who cares who did it though) i got malnutrition from starvation. years later i would listen to this song over and over and cry and cry. after 18 years i'm finally getting better.
I dedicate this song to many I love; including myself who have or are in the process of overcoming child abuse(all forms) and looking to Jesus Christ to take us away from it all. I love all of you.
you know i was raped my my step brother when was 7 years old and it was then that i really got into music and really became a fan of amy's. my mom was the one that told me about this song. i walked inside from being outside playing when she was inside praying for me to this song and crying out to God. If it weren't for my mother's prayers I don't know where i would be at today. Thank you so much for your prayers mama! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART!
I wasn't abused as a child, but I was in a relationship that was abusive in every way possible. Suddenly the rape was my fault, it was my fault he would hit me. Only Jesus was able to set me free from that pain, from the burden, from the memory. Thank you, Jesus!
Got out 9 years ago and this year God blessed me with the most amazing man, more than I could of ever prayed for. I am glad that you have been set free, my Sister Survivor :-)
This is the first time I heard this...yeah I cried. I've been reading the comments here and all of you who have been abused--I feel so so bad for you. I'm glad some of you have found peace. I've been mentally abused but I cannot imagine being sexually abused. God bless you all.
@phix95 words not only stick, they eat at you where no one can see them working away. Physical abuse is like a bowling ball hitting a car. Everyone knows that had to hurt and everyone can see the dent and work to mend it. Verbal and emotional abuse? more like battery acid slowly leaking throughout the engine block. Can't see the damage until it's almost too late.
I was abused as a little girl.. This song helped me with my healing. God is so Good... This song is perfect. I pray it will set more little girls and boys FREE..
I just watched Janie's Got A Gun, by Aerosmtih-and WOW! What a contrast! In that other, it does portray the craziness that surrounds you, and it sadly ends in tragedy. Unfortunately, that does happen. Ask Me shows that hope and healing can come. I wish all victims' lives to be more like this song, with them finding peace and healing and hope, instead of feeling like they need to do something so drastic as to end up in prison.
No one is born abusive; they learn to be abusive from feeling disempowered. We use the tools we have in our toolbox. What if we see abusers as wounded children in grown up bodies & try to help them heal instead of punishing them/revictimizing them? I am a survivor of sexual abuse since childhood, multiple rapes in adulthood, & abusive marriages. Thru forgivenss, I found healing for myself & can see the gifts that each event held for me...& I BLESS my abusers. I hope they find peace one day.
We're taught to see ourselves as victims, at the mercy of those around us, be it people or "Satan" or whatever. Believing this means that these things have more power than God; that somehow these "bad" things are outside of his domain, or something. What if these things we don't understand were really gifts in disguise? What if we opened to the possibility that there was something good in stuff like this? We're too busy making the "other" one wrong and we totally miss the point.
I agree with finding the good in the bad...sort of. Abuse is a horrible thing, not a gift!! There's nothing good in it. Abuse happens because we are fallen people in a fallen world. I believe that God doesn't cause it but does allow it. But He can definitely use it for his good, and bring good from it.
This video is to answer the person who asked me how I know there is a God up in heaven.
I guess that growing up surrounded by the worst of humanity, I always wished that God did exist, for humanity had no hope without the God religion preached about. So, I opened up my heart and soul and found him. The bible does state, "Put not your trust in men." And I think it is because they always fall short and basing your belief on a God on them will always disappoint you.
I thought she was extremely religious...? She sounds like she's doubting everything. That's great cuz I don't believe in a Western philosophy God...there's more of a Creator that does not intervene directly..but karma and such exist.
i think you are missing the point of the song--it's not that she doubts; it's just that when you go thru that and you hear about God, it's common to wonder where God is or was during all that. That's all she was trying to say, not that SHE herself was doubting/
Having never suffered sexual abuse I am hesistant to comment on / trivialize it, but I really love Amy's observation that the power of Christianity is that rather than solving our suffering, God gets into the middle of our suffering (via crucifixion) and that that is where we find him, often. I think Christians should focus on this message rather than the more abstract imagery of him paying for our sins.
kattabrained 1 month ago
Any victims, for YOUR OWN SAKE, YOU HAVE GOT TO TELL, TELL, TELL someone! If they don'y listen pr deny it, yell, tell, yell someone else!!!
AMongerL 3 months ago
my own 2 young grandchildren have a rare disorder that causes them physical and mental pain. Where's god here? I tried to turn christian before but i now believe that one must have a gene for blind faith. The best I can do is God is goodness.
glorybsee 4 months ago
my own 2 young grandchildren have a disorder that causes them physical and mental pain. Where's god here? I tried to turn christian before but i now believe that one must have a gene for blind faith. The best I can do is God is goodness.
glorybsee 4 months ago
geeee
supercory2 9 months ago
hi, just wondering...there is an image of a woman with a tattoo on her arm (an eye) and a big moon in the background...where is that image available to copy?it's towards the end of the video... thank you...
09belisa 11 months ago
Love the song, love your pictures to the video here too..thx
09belisa 11 months ago
i was sexually and physically abused. the healing in Chirst took alongtime. i forgave themin the power and love of God, forgivess seeks jutice. this song and donna summer song Love is the Healer helped me so much! john.
donnalovesJesus1 1 year ago
my cousin abused me when I was little...I was only 6...and every sunday he was abuse me, it stoped when i was 10. Its a really scarring expirience but I'm starting to get over it, I love songs like this.
thebtvsnerd 1 year ago
this is a good song, but the notion that an all-powerful god refuses to stop child abuse is what drove me away from Christianity. The beginning of the song is perfect. And guess what- peace, mercy, freedom from the pain can be obtained without Christianity. I should say in SPITE OF religion- because too many abusers hide behind the veil of religion.
Hawthornefae 1 year ago 7
@Hawthornefae I guess that is when free will comes into play, if God created us to be puppets and He being the puppet master what kind of life would that be?We have a free will to accept Jesus in our life or to not, we have a free will to eat junk food each meal to to obtain a healthy diet, we have a free will to drink coffee or choose a hot chocolate etc... And we have a free will to abuse people or not.It's not right but freedom is what separates us from being puppets
lamibydesign 1 year ago 8
@lamibydesign You can justify it however you choose, it's your life. *I'm* not comfortable with an "all powerful" god who doesn't intervene.
Hawthornefae 1 year ago
@lamibydesign Oh please. That "He gave us free will" cop-out clause that every Christian drags out in an attempt justify the apparent lack of divine intervention in times when any truly loving god would intervene. The abusers may have free will to choose to abuse, but the kids usually don't have the free will or strength to avoid being abused. If I was a god, I'd want to protect those that need protecting.
What happens, happens. There is no damn god.
makikomi 1 year ago
@makikomi God doesn't give us something we can't handle. And if we get stuck, he gives us a way out. You can believe in no God. But when I'm most alone, when my heart is broken, I know to keep going on for Him. That's my reason to keep living. I respect that you have other reasons to keep living, but you shouldn't go on a Christian song and expect us not to believe in God. That's the most ridiculous thing. to think that your word alone will change our state of mind.
DefLeppardFan919 10 months ago
@lamibydesign Awesome point!
commander5779 2 weeks ago
@Hawthornefae
glad you found peace and freedom. Unfortunately God doesn't control all of us so we can't blame him for the good or the bad. Once we give him control we can then hold him responsible.
sideropoulos 1 year ago
@Hawthornefae Every where God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit moves so is the devil moving. The devil is the enemy and he is the one who gives the abuser the opportunity to harm. The abuser will pay for his crime some day. Jesus knows your pain and he weeps for you. Our God will avenge and subdue the enemy. Ps.18:47. I have prayed for mercy and forgiveness for my assailant. Now I am free! Seek God who gives real joy and be glad. Let God be magnified! Psalm40:16
lifd1964 1 year ago
@lifd1964 wow you make me sick, we u die nothing happens and u say rappers will be punished when they die... how can they be when thire brain is dead..... welll u need to think about bullshit
supercory2 9 months ago
@Hawthornefae In the end, if we didn't have free choice some people resent God because of his forcing them into what they would do. This way, we have a choice. We have to make sure we make the right ones. Freedom from the pain can be obtained without Christianity. But God wants to help us if we make the right choice and isn't it easier to do the right thing when someone's beside us helping us? He's a friend, waiting for us to ask him for help. He's willing to help. Are we willing to ask?
Exmoor123 4 months ago
@Hawthornefae YEAH? The freak that raped my angel's in a fed psyche pen and BECAUSE of her, laws were changed here. She does not remember and this KATRINA on us saved about 10-15 other girls or more. God uses satan's trash. Today she is an exuberant, loving, happy & SWEET young lady.Deemed psychologically undamaged. Thank GOD!!! YES, it tore me apart, but Christ put us back together. There's a power in him that can be felt.
commander5779 2 weeks ago
*** We can also overcome child abuse by bringing the perpretrators to justice!
earthalien77 1 year ago 9
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organikat 1 year ago
*** We can all overcome it also by seeking justice for perpetrators...
earthalien77 1 year ago
Ten years ago, I was lost, alone, and so, very, afraid. I met a girl like me, who'd been thru what I had. I didn't know her long. 2 wks maybe. She committed suicide, but before she did, she shared this song with me. I remember that moment more clearly than any other in those years. It was the moment I began to think there might be some way out of hell. 3 minute song. like a candle at midnight.
shaloneithne 1 year ago
MY Mother kicked my sister and i out of the house beucase someone called the police on her firends husband ( a child rapist). (my mom thought i called the police. who cares who did it though) i got malnutrition from starvation. years later i would listen to this song over and over and cry and cry. after 18 years i'm finally getting better.
i still donht know how a god could let it happen.
ddtoots 1 year ago
I dedicate this song to many I love; including myself who have or are in the process of overcoming child abuse(all forms) and looking to Jesus Christ to take us away from it all. I love all of you.
Base2lovesBase1 2 years ago 3
Love to you too, God bless :-)
lamibydesign 2 years ago
great song!
Christine1966 2 years ago 3
you know i was raped my my step brother when was 7 years old and it was then that i really got into music and really became a fan of amy's. my mom was the one that told me about this song. i walked inside from being outside playing when she was inside praying for me to this song and crying out to God. If it weren't for my mother's prayers I don't know where i would be at today. Thank you so much for your prayers mama! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART!
mrsanahshyatt 2 years ago 2
You were raped? By your stepbrother? At age 7?
I'm so sorry.
Just remember that God is always watching over you.
"Remember the worth of souls is great in the sight of God."
Doctrine & Covenants Ch.18: v.10
jwhaler82 2 years ago
I wasn't abused as a child, but I was in a relationship that was abusive in every way possible. Suddenly the rape was my fault, it was my fault he would hit me. Only Jesus was able to set me free from that pain, from the burden, from the memory. Thank you, Jesus!
SirenSerenade01 2 years ago
I have also been there with domestic violence.
Got out 9 years ago and this year God blessed me with the most amazing man, more than I could of ever prayed for. I am glad that you have been set free, my Sister Survivor :-)
lamibydesign 2 years ago
This is the first time I heard this...yeah I cried. I've been reading the comments here and all of you who have been abused--I feel so so bad for you. I'm glad some of you have found peace. I've been mentally abused but I cannot imagine being sexually abused. God bless you all.
phix95 2 years ago
((((Hugz))))
I had been mentally abused as well, and I can tell you mental abuse is just as horrid and sometimes harder to get over, because words stick!!
lamibydesign 2 years ago
@phix95 words not only stick, they eat at you where no one can see them working away. Physical abuse is like a bowling ball hitting a car. Everyone knows that had to hurt and everyone can see the dent and work to mend it. Verbal and emotional abuse? more like battery acid slowly leaking throughout the engine block. Can't see the damage until it's almost too late.
shaloneithne 1 year ago
This song help me get set free. Thank you...
TheFoxylady72 2 years ago
I was abused as a little girl.. This song helped me with my healing. God is so Good... This song is perfect. I pray it will set more little girls and boys FREE..
whatsup1972 2 years ago
I just watched Janie's Got A Gun, by Aerosmtih-and WOW! What a contrast! In that other, it does portray the craziness that surrounds you, and it sadly ends in tragedy. Unfortunately, that does happen. Ask Me shows that hope and healing can come. I wish all victims' lives to be more like this song, with them finding peace and healing and hope, instead of feeling like they need to do something so drastic as to end up in prison.
missersrachel 3 years ago
I heard this song in the mid 90's cried wehn I first heard it I can relate to it.
lauren2546 3 years ago
No one is born abusive; they learn to be abusive from feeling disempowered. We use the tools we have in our toolbox. What if we see abusers as wounded children in grown up bodies & try to help them heal instead of punishing them/revictimizing them? I am a survivor of sexual abuse since childhood, multiple rapes in adulthood, & abusive marriages. Thru forgivenss, I found healing for myself & can see the gifts that each event held for me...& I BLESS my abusers. I hope they find peace one day.
NowIsAllThereIs 3 years ago
We're taught to see ourselves as victims, at the mercy of those around us, be it people or "Satan" or whatever. Believing this means that these things have more power than God; that somehow these "bad" things are outside of his domain, or something. What if these things we don't understand were really gifts in disguise? What if we opened to the possibility that there was something good in stuff like this? We're too busy making the "other" one wrong and we totally miss the point.
NowIsAllThereIs 3 years ago
I agree with finding the good in the bad...sort of. Abuse is a horrible thing, not a gift!! There's nothing good in it. Abuse happens because we are fallen people in a fallen world. I believe that God doesn't cause it but does allow it. But He can definitely use it for his good, and bring good from it.
kdiane318 2 years ago
This video is to answer the person who asked me how I know there is a God up in heaven.
I guess that growing up surrounded by the worst of humanity, I always wished that God did exist, for humanity had no hope without the God religion preached about. So, I opened up my heart and soul and found him. The bible does state, "Put not your trust in men." And I think it is because they always fall short and basing your belief on a God on them will always disappoint you.
FroggyHope 3 years ago
I am glad that you found Him
(((Hugz)))
lamibydesign 3 years ago
well done!
joeperrysbabe 3 years ago
God gave us all free will. He didn't want robots. He is letting us choose him or .... The result is that some evil will be done.
FroggyHope 3 years ago
I thought she was extremely religious...? She sounds like she's doubting everything. That's great cuz I don't believe in a Western philosophy God...there's more of a Creator that does not intervene directly..but karma and such exist.
SpayNeuter2SaveLives 3 years ago
i think you are missing the point of the song--it's not that she doubts; it's just that when you go thru that and you hear about God, it's common to wonder where God is or was during all that. That's all she was trying to say, not that SHE herself was doubting/
missersrachel 3 years ago
A qusetion I asked myself many times, but I have to believe as an adult or I'll never be ok. That was great.
jenjenburg 3 years ago
You did an awesome job on this video! AMEN! God bless you~
rememberglen 3 years ago
God bless you also :-)
lamibydesign 3 years ago
perfect thanks
jaejaejetplane 3 years ago
Sad, but beautiful, song.
jackdav34 3 years ago
cries
perfectly done....
thank you
sketched85 3 years ago