porter,
i will say a prayer for your daughter, you, your wife, and even the
(no profanity) who beat the crap out of your daughter. i have to be completely honest and say if it were my daughter the boyfriend better be in jail to protect him from me. i know this is NOT the right attitude for me to have but i would be hard pressed not to let him have a taste of his own medicine. i know he will one day be saved, and that it is our Lord God who will take revenge, but, as a woman, the momma bear in me would come out and it wouldn't be pretty. it is a natural instinct to want to protect our children from someone who hurts them intentionally, especially when they are being abused physically and emotionally. i know it is not our place to judge and that we are called on to turn the other cheek. i know these things deep in my heart. but, no one is gonna beat up my child without some consequences to be paid. i too would take the pictures to the police that your wife took of your daughter. if the boyfriend is already in jail for a prior abuse charge, perhaps the pictures of your daughter would help keep him there longer than 2 years. i pray that in those 2 years your daughter has her eyes opened big and wide to see the boyfriend for what he really is. an abuser. not a man who loves her.
all i can advise (other than not really beating the guy up
) is to stick your nose in the Scriptures and pray, pray, pray.
God bless you porter.
claudia