♕ Today's Promise: "'Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you,’ declares the LORD.” Jeremiah 1:8
Dear partners, by this time, I want to thank you for all your testimonies and hard work that has kept me going, even if at times things have gotten so difficult that I have a turmoil of emotions and I want to quit. I have learned so many things in this second course. Despite the fact that first, I was not very consistent and at least I quit it twice for a while. But knowing I had not finished my courses, so I could not yet think that "nothing works and my marriage has no solution" made me retake the courses and realize that quitting definitely was not an option for me.
In this 2nd course, I found a testimony that has deeply impacted and has been extremely valuable for me: the woman who made 7x 7-day fast and how her situation turned completely in less than a year. I am especially very grateful for this testimony.
Last year, 2019, it seemed that my earthly Husband was going full speed toward divorce and trying to replace me in every way, at least for a while. After my divorce hearing (which I missed, because I got lost and could not reach the Courthouse, PTL), my earthly husband had organized a weekend out to introduce my children to the other woman and her son. I did not know that at the moment, just before that weekend, I felt led to do a 7 Day fast. I did not know anymore what to pray for, so I just kept telling my Lord, "Thy will be done".
Afterwards I found out through my older daughter, that this had been the plan, to have a reconstructed family outing, but my earthly husband cancelled the other woman last minute, only brought my children on this vacation, and the other woman had been very upset by this whole incident.
I have realized lately that despite the fact that my earthly husband is being strongly pressured to bring my daughters to the other woman, and he has already made confessions to me and told me hurtful things (like trying to push my buttons). In 10 months, he has not been able to put my children and the other woman together, PTL!
Although I know that other women have gone through worse things than I have, this journey has been extremely painful to me, but looking back I praise my wonderful Heavenly Husband, for having put you, wonderful women on my path, especially Erin, and to realize how much has been accomplished during this time already.
I did not really know how bad my situation was, actually I thought that my husband was going to return much earlier (he hasn't come back yet). I had been separated for 10 months, he had already told me I was going to get "some papers", and that I should start moving out from the house since it was a rental house. He brought the other woman to meet his family, but I was still living in my house, still getting a lot of support money from him, still married and still hinting he should come back. And since he had told me nothing about the other woman, but I think he was expecting me to find out and confront him, and take initiative on filing for divorce, but I said nothing to him at all.
After finding Restore Ministries International things got very intense and quite quick. I had to move to my mother's house and quit mine, my EH reduced to half the money I was getting and he filed for divorce. That summer, he brought the other woman to meet his family for the 2nd time (he is from Europe).
But as I told before, I am so grateful that my children have still been protected. 2 years have passed now and I think probably he is not madly and blindly in love with her anymore, but probably very tangled, and I have a lot of faith that things will improve dramatically this year, God willing.
Thank you my Lord for leading me to find Restore Ministries International. This valuable help has kept me going through the very dark times in my Restoration Journey.
Dear Bride, I hope this testimony will be of help to you, as much as other testimonies have been of great help to me.
I encourage you to read the book Facing Divorce. Now after having gone through receiving divorce papers and having had to assist to a second divorce hearing, I realize the enormous value of not having reacted and staying calm and respectful all the time. My earthly husband expected me to make a fuss, since I used to be very contentious, I noticed he was observing me at times. He is still providing for our needs and my children are safe.
~ Griselda in Mexico
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Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return.”
Matthew 6:19–21 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”