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What does your wife want, though, Dave? If she is wanting to pursue healing, I would suggest you support her and uphold her the best way you know how. I wish my husband had done that for me. He has been the biggest obstacle in my healing in many ways. I don't say that out of bitterness... it's just the truth.

It's obvious that you care deeply about your wife. There's no question about that.

Pain isn't always a bad thing... take childbirth, for example. If we avoided having children because we didn't want to go through 9 months of discomfort, change, pain... and then endure more intense pain in birthing, then we wouldn't have the joy that comes after of holding a new little life in our arms.

Pain is there, regardless... locked up inside her. She needs to have the freedom to release that pain and allow God to heal ....no matter how long it takes. Just sharing my heart here.

Blessings to you, brother :)



I have been reluctant to let my wife go thru the whole counseling thing on this.
She has been thru enough pain.
 
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