♕ Today's Promise: “The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord like streams of water: He leads it where He wills.” Proverbs 21:1
~ Adina in South Africa
Dear Brides, today I can only praise my Heavenly Husband and for what He has done and for the outcome of the trial I have gone through. I know there's another test ahead of me, but it's going to take me to really depend on Him.
Before I go any further I have to share that I myself do not believe in psychologists at all, after my mother's sudden death I had to go to one several times and all I took from it was that you talk and feel better for a while. The pills they prescribe make you feel better for a while but there is no real healing. I drank the pills for barely two weeks and then threw them away and promised myself that I would never follow this path again. It was a long time before I got to know my Heavenly Husband but the Lord had already started working in my heart, I might not have understood it at that time and my heart was not right.
But because of the process we had to go through to change the settlement, I had to take the children to a psychologist, not for treatment, but to hear as an outsider what the children wanted, “voice of the child. ”
Last Friday my FH (former husband) and I had to go see the psychologist to hear what her opinion was after she talked to the children, at that point she had already talked to FH and he went from taking over supervision to shared supervision (which would mean that I had to move back to the town where everything happened in our marriage because he was going to move in there with the other woman). But through the process, I did what I had to do (what I was told to do) and kept quiet. I also did not respond to my FH's insults or things he said to hurt me. And I prayed and just told my Heavenly Husband (HH) to let His will be done and whatever happens will be fine. I had already planned to stay by the coast for a month, should I lose my place to stay and the children would stay with their father, before I look for a place to stay close to the children again.…not because I doubted Him, but if it was part of His plan for me to be completely alone with Him for a while.
So now we have finally, without any fighting or court cases, come to an agreement… .the children are going to stay with me and then we will see at the end of the year if I can find a place in the town where everything happened, then we will reconsider joint supervision. But I'm only going to give it to my HH because even though I have nothing against shared supervision and that's what my former husband finally wants, I still do not know if I can move back to that town.
But what lies ahead for me now is that my FH (former husband) will now only pay the rent, school and children's medical aid. My HH led me to let go of about everything else which means I'm going to be totally dependent on Him for food and my other expenses. But I know He is my HH and He will take care of us and there is a touch of excitement in me because I can not wait to see how He is going to help me, because when I look back on my journey so far I can clearly see His hand in my life and I know I'm going to start seeing it even more now ……
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Phillipians 4:19
“The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord like streams of water: He leads it where He wills.” Proverbs 21:1
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Ministry note: Many of us have come to learn about the dangers and pitfalls of counseling and psychology. In Adina’s case she was agreeable and the Lord worked it out for GOOD because she trusted Him with the outcome.