R&B singer Mary J. Blige is going through a painful divorce right now, and she admitted that she would have felt lost without God's love and guidance.
"What is getting me through is God, prayer, my family, people who love me, my fans," Blige revealed on ABC's November 16 episode of "Good Morning America."
"Me being healthy and loving myself the way I do and taking care of myself. It's put me in a place where I can see things clearer," she said.
Blige married her manager Martin "Kendu" Isaacs on December 7, 2003. She filed for divorce in July 2016 because of "irreconcilable differences."
During the interview, Blige said the biggest issue they faced in their marriage was respect.
"The breaking point was when I kept asking over and over and over again for respect and to be respected. And it just seemed like I was beating a dead horse and it seemed like I was talking to a wall," Blige said. "I just wasn't getting it back. So if I can't get respect in the relationship, then I have to move on and save myself. That was the point where I was like, 'I'm done. I just can't do it anymore.'"
Blige insisted that she will be fine, although the separation she is facing right now isn't easy. "My heart is okay, I'm hanging in there," Blige said. "I mean, no one wants to go through this and this is hard. I'm hanging in there."
This was not the first time Blige opened up about her Christian faith. Back in 2014, she told Billboard that it was her faith that helped her conquer drug addiction, alcoholism and low self esteem.
"I was ready to just check out. It was a moment — I can't get into it — but I saw my life going and I was grabbing for it," she said. "That's when I realised that I don't want to die. And I switched, and I started praying and crying, and my life shifted right there."
