The Barred Window Bride

Story★★★★

A bride is seen sitting in a house with barred windows, the outside appears fine but inside it’s ruined. The bride is dressed in her wedding gown and looking out from behind bars, symbolizing an abused wife trapped in a marriage.

Ayer, Jim; Nelson, Janice, “Delivered from the Abuser” (AudioVerse teaching 28464).

The point

A bride is depicted sitting in a house with barred windows, symbolizing an abused wife trapped in her marriage.

Audience

AdultsSmall Group

Tone

Sobering

To tell aloud

under a minute · 41 words

Subjects

Suffering Marriage Freedom Abuse Entrapment Deception

▶ Heard on AudioVerse: Ayer, Jim; Nelson, Janice — “Delivered from the Abuser” ↗

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