Women growing to love themselves more

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away,”-1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NIV). This is the scripture Minister Earl covered this morning in delivering his message to the congregation in Sunday School. After about three more months of Jody’s abuse, I had finally had enough, and it was like a damn had burst inside of me. Many times, I had said that I had “had enough” yet did I really, especially when I stayed, when I continued to put up with it, and when I forgot my own worth.

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