How I survived

5 months ago on this day, I said enough is enough; I broke the silence and said no to domestic violence. I was going to be a victim of abuse no longer and I became a survivor

His love has no limits, His grace has no measure, His power no boundary known unto men; For out of His infinite riches in Jesus He giveth, and giveth, and giveth again.

There are certain things in life that we need not pray about— moods, for instance. We will never get rid of moodiness by praying, but we will by kicking it out of our lives. Moods nearly always are rooted in some physical circumstance, not in our true inner self. It is a continual struggle not to listen to the moods which arise as a result of our physical condition, but we must never submit to them for a second. We have to pick ourselves up by the back of the neck and shake ourselves; then we will find that we can do what we believed we were unable to do. The problem that most of us are cursed with is simply that we won’t. The Christian life is one of spiritual courage and determination lived out in our flesh. - Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest

Love in that story so tender, Clearer than ever I see. Stay, let me weep while you whisper, Love paid the ransom for me.

Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

All I had was only Him, and then I realised He was all I'd ever need

So he hit me, sometimes for hours at a stretch, and when I told his parents, they just didn’t bother to even ask in what ways he hit me, they kept justifying him. Terrible people.

He was my husband. He called me a lesbian for having female friends at office. I dumped him