Carleen Bennett

God's Just Building my CV Carleen Bennett

Domestic violence, jealousy and adultery plagued my childhood. My dad was always beating my mum and his children behind closed doors because he was angry all the time. Alcohol became his best friend and everyone in the house became his enemy? He blamed my mum for everything that had gone wrong in his life. My mum had nine children and we're all pulling together to get through the pains of our past. It wasn't always like this but infidelity changed him. Where was God when all of this abuse and domestic violence was happening? Mental, verbal and physical? Why did dad keep beating us for nonsense? Why was he so antagonistic and angry? When would it all end?As time went on we found out about his womanising and the real truth behind his controlling behaviour. And when death came knocking at his door could I identify with my feelings?I met my husband when I was 15 years old and saw a way out of the madness. They said he was an epileptic but was he? Someone or something was trying to kill him but why? Our lives were surrounded by so much jealousy some of which jeopardised our safety and had us running for our lives. Family tried to take everything we had and make us destitute but God had other plans for our lives.