A Work In Progress

I serve an awesome God and am so blessed by what He is doing in my life and my marriage. The day my husband told me he wanted a divorce, was one of the worst days of my life. I had made the decision to leave him, but knew that divorce was not what God wanted for us, nor did I. I had spent several months in counseling and had worked through many old wounds that had plagued me and my relationship with my husband throughout our marriage.

Together, he and I made the decision to work on our marriage, to honor the vows we made before God almost 20 years earlier. We immediately went into counseling and began the work, with our Family Pastor's help, to learn the reasons behind the failure of our marriage and how God could change both of us in ways that would create a stronger bond between us. I can see God’s hand in every detail and I know that He will guide us through this process and our marriage will be great!

When I left my husband, I felt like our marriage was dead. I was without hope. He and I had drifted apart and the wall between us seemed impenetrable. It was a decision that I made after a lot of thought and a lot of prayer. I felt, at the time, there was no other choice I could make – we were both so unhappy.

God heals our hearts in many ways, through many people. I know that the counseling I received this year, through Julie - a wonderfully caring, Godly woman, helped me so much. I believe that God placed her in my life at a time when I needed His help and guidance more than I had ever needed it before. She helped me to revisit old wounds, see them for what they were and leave them behind – in the past – where they belong. She helped me to understand how I had come to the place where she met me.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy;

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

John 10:10

I know that satan had worked to bring unhappiness and resentment into our marriage. I know that he smiled when I left Jody. He’s not the only “thief” that worked to bring an end to my marriage, but satan definitely had his hand in each and every temptation that presented itself.

We demolish arguments and every pretension

that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,

and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:5

Jody and I are working very hard – together – to make our marriage a union that is pleasing before God. God is and will continue to bring about healing and restoration. He wants to be the priority in our lives, our First Love. He is where Jody and I have laid our hearts, pleading for restoration and a more perfect marriage, even though a perfect marriage doesn’t mean one without trials or temptations, with God at the head of our union, we will succeed.

In His Love and Blessings
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