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rayofsunshine · 11-02-2009, 07:04 AM

Hi Fluffy. Welcome to SR! Sorry to hear about your husband.

Being a Christian and knowing what the Bible teaches about divorce kept me stuck for so long. (My husband was addicted to meth.) Our God is a loving God, and being married to someone in the throws of active addiction, making them unavailable as a husband, is not how God intended marriage to be. God instructs the husband to love his wife as Christ loved the church. Your husband has essentially "left you" for the pills and alchohol.

Even though I knew this, I still carried alot of pain from our impending divorce. I felt like God would never forgive ME for the divorce. On a recent mission trip, the preacher preached on salvation and he also mentioned forgiveness. One of the examples was a woman who was divorced. That she asked the Lord to forgive her and he did. He will forgive all our sins if we come to him with a sincere heart and ask. I prayed about that in our prayer circle that night. The heavy burden I carried in my heart for the past 6 months or so was lifted right then and there. And it hasn't returned, so I know its for real.

Keep reading and posting! It will help you so much to gain more knowledge.
The more you know about what you're dealing with, you gain strength to make hard decisions.

11-02-2009, 07:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
rayofsunshine Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Wishin' I was on the Beach! Posts: 1,416	Hi Fluffy. Welcome to SR! Sorry to hear about your husband. Being a Christian and knowing what the Bible teaches about divorce kept me stuck for so long. (My husband was addicted to meth.) Our God is a loving God, and being married to someone in the throws of active addiction, making them unavailable as a husband, is not how God intended marriage to be. God instructs the husband to love his wife as Christ loved the church. Your husband has essentially "left you" for the pills and alchohol. Even though I knew this, I still carried alot of pain from our impending divorce. I felt like God would never forgive ME for the divorce. On a recent mission trip, the preacher preached on salvation and he also mentioned forgiveness. One of the examples was a woman who was divorced. That she asked the Lord to forgive her and he did. He will forgive all our sins if we come to him with a sincere heart and ask. I prayed about that in our prayer circle that night. The heavy burden I carried in my heart for the past 6 months or so was lifted right then and there. And it hasn't returned, so I know its for real. Keep reading and posting! It will help you so much to gain more knowledge. The more you know about what you're dealing with, you gain strength to make hard decisions. __________________ Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change! Never allow someone to be a priority to you when you are just an option to them.........