♕Today's Promise: “Yet, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our Potter, And we all are the work of Your hand.” Isaiah 64:8
Talisha, how did your Restoration Journey actually begin?
When I failed and fell into the pit of sexual immorality, and my husband found out, he left home! That was when I hit rock bottom. My earthly husband Callum was not perfect, but he was a good man, and there I was, who had ruined our marriage of almost 8 years, he left home.
I felt worse seeing my oldest boy suffer in seeing his father leave.
It had been me who allowed evil to enter, and give the enemy control of destroying my family. Then I understood that I had to be the one to seek hope in reuniting us, at that time I not only thought of myself and my pain, I could see the pain of Callum and that of my children, and I could not comprehend what I had caused.
How did God change your situation, Talisha, as you sought Him wholeheartedly?
First I went from one place to another, trying to do the right thing, but it was not until then that I found MarriageHelponline.com that I really found a guide on how to look for and get closer to God, Hallelujah!!! So I asked for His forgiveness, after having made a long list of my sins and commandments that I had broken, and I could feel his forgiveness and mercy.
When I started reading your book "How God Can and Will Restore Your Marriage" it was very difficult to follow the principle of "letting go" because I had already tried it two months before, and I could only stand one day when so much of not knowing about Callum, but then I released him, and gave him to the Lord, and I was able to find peace, which I needed so much and therefore my children too, that was when the blessings of my Beloved began, when I decided to die to myself and return to be born, he was showing me each area in which I had to let him work on me "like the potter with the clay" "But now, O LORD, you are our Father, we are the clay, and you are our potter; work of your hands are all of us". Isaiah 64:8
He gave me innumerable promises and showed me that he is God, God of the possible and the impossible, and that there is no stain in Him because He is holy, and He can do everything, in fact He is the only one who can keep His promises and so on He did, and He still does. Praise my God!
So I fell in love with Him and He made me love Him more and more, now I have Him in my mind all the time and it's incredible, asking for His unconditional help for everything, loving Him, feeling Him, seeing Him (although many say that no one can see God) of course that we can see it: in His blessings, in His answered prayers, in the people He puts in front of us, etc.
What principles, from God's Word (or through our resources), did the Lord teach you during this trial, Talisha?
Through this ministry your book "How God Can and Will Restore Your Marriage" was my hope, and the beginning of returning to my Faith to my Beloved, when I read it I could really see that I was so indoctrinated, to a modern Age, and I had left my First Love, this book helped me a lot.
And of course "my Wonderful Counselor" pray and then study His word.
Reading the testimonials of restored marriages and the Daily Encourager kept me in faith and it's like reading every extraordinary thing I read in other women as if God told us "here I am working, I did it again" and I praise Him!
What were the most difficult times that God helped you through, Talisha?
Without a doubt, when my children cried for their Dad, especially the oldest, I began to talk to him about God, and he met the Lord. Praise God! And then we prayed for everything, and his wounds also began to heal.
I remember not long ago, discovering that Callum was starting to go out with OW (other woman), it was a difficult test, because everything seemed to have improved, we had peace at home, my children and I. Then suddenly this news, I do not deny that I was reeling, but my Beloved did not let me sink again. I got sick too and then the two things came together, for everyone. My situation worsened, even if I had not been close to my Beloved, my old self would also swear that everything was wrong, but my new I, with the Lord in my heart, knew that all this was because the enemy had little time, and I left everything in His hands, so my Beloved used all this to touch the heart of Callum.
Talisha, what was the “turning point” of your restoration?
Discovering OW, getting sick with low blood pressure, couldn't eat right. So I know that it was my Beloved acting on Callum who accompanied me to the doctor, told me that "he had finished everything with the OW" that he would even change his phone number. When just two weeks before he said "I didn't know what I felt"
Tell us HOW it happened, Talisha? Did Calum just walk in the front door? Talisha, did you suspect or could you tell you were close to being restored?
When I got sick and passed out, he stayed home, without his things, it was only that night, then the next day he seemed insecure again, but it was not until Callum brought his uniforms from work home, and he stayed 5 days in a row, being very kind and attentive both with the children and with me. Callum went for his things with his mom, which was where he was staying. Praise the Lord!
I never pressured him to do it, but I kept praying for him, and asking my Beloved to do His will, and I have no doubt that His will was to unite our family.
At times, yes, when Callum seemed kind and attentive, but from one day to another he changed his mind, then I remember one day that he was unsure about what he wanted, I ran to my Beloved, and I said "My Beloved, if this is Your will I accept it, my children and I have peace with you, and I don't want anyone to steal it from us. I accept what you want in our lives, and if that is not having Callum, that's fine, don't return him, but don’t allow him to continue hurting me anymore because it hurts a lot, I don't want this anymore, I know that with you we have everything and it's more than enough". Then it happened, and it was so beautiful to feel His grace towards us.
Would you recommend any of our resources in particular that helped you, Talisha?
Yes, the book "How God can and Will Restore Your Marriage" the Daily Encourager, the devotionals. They helped me a lot to stand firm in my Faith, and of course to read the praise reports.
Would you be interested in helping encourage other women, Talisha?
Yes
Either way, Talisha, what kind of encouragement would you like to leave women with, in conclusion?
There is no doubt dear for Jehovah of armies nothing is impossible, he is GOD and absolutely can do anything, He is full of unconditional love for us His children, and our Beloved Lord, is always waiting to listen to us, help us, forgive us , because thanks to Him we can be redeemed from our sins.
I have no doubt that God gives us countless opportunities to turn to Him, to repent of the bad, and return to Him, trying to be more like his son, practicing good and having it first. After seeing the work that he is doing in us, he gives us and gives, more and more, according to his will, and it is wonderful.
I want you, just like me, my dear, to experience the Love, tenderness, grace and all the qualities of our Creator, because he is waiting for those who seek Him and who believe in Him.
