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. . .you might send a copy to the judge involved with the visitation decrees. . . .

I found the temptation to do this problematic, since I never could reconcile it with the last clause of 1 Cor 13:5.

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Understandable.

And if that was your sense from The Lord, I’d have no argument.

However, I do not counsel women who’ve been beaten by their husbands . . . repeatedly . . . to ‘just work it out.’ Most such blokes never change. The woman needs totally free of that.

If God works a miracle, wonderful. Short of that . . .

To me, if keeping a journal helps a man take care of his kids in a Godly way, it’s a fitting Christian thing to do.

To me, I Cor 13:5 is about bitterness, pride, etc. storing up bitterness, resentments, and keeping a record of offenses in a bad faith kind of way for bad purposes.