Despair

[SteveRC]

All,

I have done my best to stay positive today and I am failing. I ask your prayers again for me and my family. My wife wants to divorce me and will not discuss any kind of reconciliation with me. She has made me out to be a terrible person, but has reflected issues that she has back at me. We had good times and were good with each other for many years, but ran into a rough patch. I recommitted to God and my family and she bolts and leaves me on Palm Sunday. I am now alone, seeing my daughter intermittantly, and am not talking to my wife except for routine business. She knows I don't want the divorce but has told me she does not care. I love her still in spite of everything and have been praying at any point I have a few moments to myself. I am hoping God hears my prayers and answers them, but have begun to lose heart. How can I go on without being with my wife and my daughter? :tinysmile_cry_t4:

 

[K-J]

Steve, you don't have to hope that God has heard your prayers and will answer them ~ you can be sure He has, and He will. The hardest virtue as a Christian (or even non-Christian) is the ability to wait, to be patient. When we want something so badly, it is hard to put aside our earthly timetable and wait upon the One who will provide the answers. I know your heart is hurting, I know your soul aches. But in some way, God will use this to accomplish something good, something mightier than you can even fathom right now. My prayer for you is a deepened faith, and steadfast hope, and a firm stand.

I pray that God will soften your wife's heart and convict her spirit, removing any strongholds that are producing this distance and angst. May He guide and protect every step of your journey through His grace and mercy. He hears you...He is working for you.

Peace and blessings to you dear friend.

 

[Lacey]

Steve, I am standing with you in agreement for your prayers to be answered. Know that I also have days when I cry and can barely function, then a numb day, then a hope-filled day. I ask for peace and comfort for you at this difficult time. He is faithful. He is steadfast. He never changes. He taught us to pray for when 2 of us on earth agree as touching anything, He will hear us. He is a good Abba- Father, and good fathers answer their children. Be encouraged!