Right now I'm taking Course 2 and have been able to overcome the hurdle of really becoming my HH bride.
Through this journey, I have read different parts that kept saying "let go" and I even had a dream where my daddy (deceased) told me to "let go." I couldn't do it for the longest time. I snooped on my husband's FB and I had friends and family that told me what he was doing. I followed him at school to try to find out where he lived. This was right after he left. Oh, the hurt I experienced and wished I had never known about any of it.
Dear brides, there is truly a reason God doesn't want us knowing what our husbands are out doing and He definitely wants to protect us.
It has been about 9 months since my husband left and God has changed me so much. Halfway through this journey, I wrote my husband and let him know that I loved him very much and I understood why he left and that now, I had to let him go completely. I'm not sure if he realized what that meant, but I knew and so did God. A few weeks ago I learned about becoming a new bride and that I shouldn't depend on my EH for anything. It has been tempting to want to contact my husband, but I haven't unless it has something to do with our son (which is at my husband's request).
For about the last week, my husband has been calling me and coming by to see me more and more. He has been asking if there is anything he can do for us and stuff that I haven't heard him say in years. I have been doing so much better with God's help and I know I will continue to but only as long as I focus on my HH. I will continue to read His Word and pray/trust in Him.
Dear Friend,
As I write you today, I think about my own journey and the falls I have had along the way. It has definitely been a hard lesson to let go of my husband. One, I was worried if I let go he would never come back. Two, I was worried something would happen and I wouldn't be there for him. Three, I know the Lord gave him to me as my husband and I didn't want to let go.
But after reading the lessons and testimonies, I have learned so much and have begun applying these to my life. I let go of my husband months ago and thought I had done it completely but had not. I learned I had to not depend on my husband for anything in order for me to completely let go and to take the Lord as my HH. It has been about a week or so, and it has been easier than I thought the process would be. I let my husband be the first to call me or text me. In doing so, he has been contacting me more and coming by my house more lately. Just as the lessons and testimonies say would happen. He has also been saying things like "can I do anything for you" which he has not said in a long time. I praise God for all of this (my journey and the trials) because I would never have realized I was not as close to the Lord as I thought I was. I am sorry it took God removing my husband from our home for me to realize it but I trust in God as He knows my future, I don't and now I can focus on my HH.
1 Corinthians 7 verse 11 "she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband."
I absolutely love this verse. I have always believed in one marriage til death from the time I was a child. I waited numerous years to get married and then tore it down. It took a while for me to learn what I needed to do when my husband left, but I believe that God is in control and will have His will in my life.
1 Corinthians 7 verse 4 "The wife does NOT have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does."
As for this verse, I really never gave it much attention the whole time my husband and I were living together. I was very unsubmissive towards my husband although I would have laid down my life for him. My husband comes around from time to time to tell me about his life and we are still intimate when he wants to be. I have more of a desire to be so now too.
~ Maggy in Georgia
Do you want to PRAISE Him for how He's shown you how you can let go in order to embrace Your HH? Aren't you thankful that Maggy shared this with you an Encouraging Woman?
Remember, Matthew 7:13-14 tells us to “Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.”
And Psalm 100:4 tells us HOW to Enter— “Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.”
Be sure to submit a Praise Report today and enter through that narrow gate few ever find!