three years ago today my marriage fell apart and crumbled right before my eyes
we were living two seperate lives, basically strangers simply co-existing in the same household.
we had endured affairs, hurt, heartache and pain but yet it wasn’t enough to wake us up.
we continued to take turns being the villen, shifting blame from one to the other.
and we didn’t guard our hearts, ever.
when would enough be enough?
my husband left me and our children
in that moment that i knew for sure there was no turning back, he was truly going to leave us.
and i forgave him…before he was even truly gone.
i told him our door would never be closed.
i always, no matter what, gave him the option of coming back home.
i was broken
i’m not going to lie, it took me a few days to pull myself together.
those days were filled with struggling and grasping for anything that would help keep me afloat.
i struggled daily to put a smile on my face for my children and friends.
i told them all i was doing fine when really i felt as though i was dying inside.
then it hit me
i knew exactly what i was suppose to do…what i HAD to do.
and i prayed.
i prayed every second i got.
i prayed with my children.
i would talk to God while i was driving my car like he was sitting in the passenger seat.
it was then that i finally had hope.
God began to rebuild and restore our marriage
it was a slow process that taught me patience and perseverance.
it taught me just how important it is to guard your heart and your marriage.
it taught me to look at myself and my own faults and how to work on them.
it taught me that a marriage has to involve 3…yourself, your spouse and God.
it taught me to believe in miracles.
and three months after my husband left he returned home.
he returned and i fell in crazy head over heels love with this man
it’s a deep-rooted, strong love.
and it’s better than it’s ever been.
i guard my heart and my marriage daily.
i would stand for my marriage and what is right again…in a heartbeat.
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
out for now
~kisses
Oh Amy, I am so glad that things are better than ever, I love your deep love for God!!! God Bless all of you! MUAH
Amy, that is such a beautiful testimony! I'm so happy God has brought you both to where you are today! Isn't He awesome?! God bless you all and we love you guys! Theresa
what an awesome thing to share such a painful time in your life
That is AWESOME!!! I'm not going thru anything near that trying….but some of the everyday ups & downs with life in general…If God can help you I know He can (and will) help me too!! Thanks!! God Bless You!!!!
My husband and I are divorced but back to working on things now. It is such a slow process and I feel sometimes I am giving more than he is. I pray all the time for my marriage to be reunited! This testimony gives me hope. I know God wanted to to read this. Thank you and thank you God! Without Him, I would be nothing.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am in the middle of working on my marriage also. We are making progress and it is a slow process. After 5yrs of unhappiness it will be though. Through Christian counseling and God we are growing closer together then we have ever been and we are also growing closer to God in the process!!!
Thank you for posting. I myself am in the same situation only after years of simply co-existence and his affair I left. Not that I 'wanted' to leave but simply can't continue living life in that way. I pray everyday for Go to give answer and some sort of breakthrough to the deep heart changes that need to be made. I know that God will complete his promises but it takes willing participants in order to work. I pray that the necessary changes can be made. Either way I know god is with us all.
Thank you for posting. I myself am in the same situation only after years of simply co-existence and his affair I left. Not that I 'wanted' to leave but simply can't continue living life in that way. I pray everyday for Go to give answer and some sort of breakthrough to the deep heart changes that need to be made. I know that God will complete his promises but it takes willing participants in order to work. I pray that the necessary changes can be made. Either way I know god is with us all.
Omg thank you so much for ur story it gives me so much hope I'm going through the same thing right now it hurts so much but God is giving me strength everyday u have given me so much hope I already knew God would restore it I have faith and I have been praying every day every second I get just like you did Again thank you and plez keep us in your prayers
Thanks and praise be unto God who always causes us to triumph in Jesus !!!!! My story is exactly the same but I call those things that be not as though they were in Jesus Name and I plead the Blood of Jesus over my marriage and family everyday speaking it into existence through faith in our all mighty God who NEVER has lost a battle and never will ! Nothing and I mean NOTHING is to hard for him Oh how I love him so. Thank you for posting this…I been looking for answers and God lead mr to this to let confirm what I already knew and what he is doing in my marriage. THANK YOU JESUS !
Thank you so much for posting this. It gives me greater encouragment and hope and faith that GOD can change things around. I am in a situation where I left with our 6 kids( I am only 29 he is only 35) I could ot handle the problems that kept coming back all the time and nothing was getting solved. Well after living on my own with the kids a divorce occured not that I truly wanted any of it to happen but I was sick of the lifestyles and the blame that was so different from each other. Now after the divorce occured like 6 weeks ago I have been in deep heartache wondering what I did wrong wasnt I enough and all that stuff.. but all this has mede me realize that I needed to fix me and actually after all this has occured I realized that it was partly me. Now I know what I did wrong and what was wrong and I am letting GOD take control and i know a marriage cannot work with just a 2fold cord, it HAS to be a 3 fold cord with GOD as the foundation or it dont work. Now I am praying for reconciliation and as I heal and forgive I love him sooo much more!!! GOD is a GOD of miracles, love and forgiveness!!!! So thank u for sharing your testimony! GOD can do it for me as well.
It's such a lovely story and I congratulate you for your faith in God to restore your marriage.. But what if I dont want to be reconciled with my husband? He has affairs and even when I catch him out he continues to pursue new women and keep in secret contact with his mistresses. He doesn't know I this (through hacking email and phone records). We both pray and fast and even lay hands on each other and once when I threw him out he was so devastated I let him return. I want to move on with my life, but don't know for sure if divorce is the answer. It's a very strong option for me because once you get an STD like I have from someone who prays WITH you, you kinda feel nothing will change and your fears turn to "what if I end up dying from disease just because I want to stay with a man who has no respect for me or my safety?". But welldone those of you who are able to forgive with God's help.
Anonymous – Please read the story of Hosea & Gomer before deciding if divorce is an option for you. Our God is bigger than any problem you face. Let Him carry your burdens
A beautiful testimony of unconditional love, hope and forgiveness. It's what marriage is made of…or supposed to be made of. If it is not, I'm here to report that there is no happy ending. I speak from experience from a thirty-seven year marriage that was full of mistakes, errors, faults and bad choices on a monumental level, but the love I had for my husband and the love he had for me was unmatched. Was I hurt and wounded many times throughout? You bet your britches I was. Did I hurt him sometimes? Too many times for me to remember. However, we always chose forgiveness, we each spend a great majority of time making up for it and loving the heck out of each other, because we knew we were head over heels in love with each other and nothing would ever change that…not even death. I still love him as much today as I ever have. I had the honor of caring for him in the last five years of his life, rarely ever leaving his side. It was indeed the long goodbye. I was determined to make sure he knew that the thirty-seven year investment he had made in me, would pay off huge dividends and I loved him to eternity and back!