#54 Abused As a Child, Adulterer As a Man, Couples Advisor As a Christian - Marcus Slaton Part 1

What happens to a man when he grows up with a void he can’t fill? Marcus Slaton was abused as a boy by a stepfather who didn’t know how to be a parent and a mother who was too weak to stop it from happening.  He grew up to become a man who was searching for love; the void he couldn’t fill.  This need led him down a very dark path.  

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us” - Ephesians  3:20

Biggest Weakness - Marcus is really good at making things happen and leaving God out of it.  Waiting on God is very hard for Marcus.

Biggest Strength - The gift of encouragement.  Marcus will always see the good in every person and situation.

Dark Time - His father was away in the Air Force and Marcus’s mom cheated on him with the church priest.  The priest named Norm was kicked out of the priesthood and married his mom.  Marcus didn’t know his biological father growing up and that created a void in his life.  Norm was an abusive man physically and verbally and while he was out cheating on his mom, Marcus’s mother was cheating on Norm at home.

Eventually Marcus left the abuse and moved in with Stan and Elise and his mom and step-dad stopped talking to him.   2 years later his step- dad was in jail for hurting people while drunk driving.  Marcus went to see him to say he loved him.

At age 19 Marcus married his neighbor, but the marriage only lasted 9 months.

Next Marcus got his medical license so that he could work with Norm in the eyeglasses and contact lens store.  They developed a friendship there.

One day Norm stood talking with a friend and had a heart attack.  Marcus ran to do CPR, but he died.  He was 51 years old and this was really hard on Marcus.

Marcus began spending way too much money and met a girl in his tore that he then married 6 months later in Vegas.  That marriage also lasted 9 months.

His 3rd marriage was to a woman he dated for 2 years.  3 months after they married he found out she was a stripper and was having an affair with a couple.

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