My Name is Jali

This is for the woman who thinks it's all her fault, but secretly wants her friends to tell her it's not... Well, friend, it's not all your fault. It's 50% your fault. How's that? He lied, he cheated, he did you dirty, he was this, he was that, blah blah blah........ You cooked for him, cleaned for him, set boundaries so he would respect you, supported him, yeah yeah yeah...... So what did you do wrong? You stayed. I don't care how good you were to him, how many times you called him on his crap, how "perfect" you tried to be for him. If someone is emotionally, mentally, or physically hurting you, and you remain in that situation WILLINGLY, you have to accept some responsibility for the outcome. I know, I know, it's easier said than done. And what do I know about it anyway? Well, I know how hard it is to break away from someone you love, even if it's not a healthy relationship. I know it's easy (especially for women) to internal...

 " Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,   To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen." -  J ude 1:24-25 There have been times in the past few years when I've wondered what kind of ministry I could have in me. I don't have the testimony that so many people seem to have, who took a trip out to the world, found it wasn't all it was cracked up to be, and made it back to the Lord in time to reach others who might now be going through the same things. And I hope I don't sound like I'm minimizing ANYBODY'S testimony by writing so simplistically. But it seemed like they all had a story to tell. And I didn't. The thing is, I'm still a virgin. I've never had alcohol. I've never been a party goer. The few parties I've ever even been to were spent standing against a wall laughing at drunk ...