I need advice. I'm 27. I got married five years ago last Friday (June 17th). When my wife and I met, she was a devout Seventh-day Adventist. I didn't mind. But I hated church for myself. Eventually, after we got married, my wife started following my ways.
Ironically, at the beginning of 2009, I started going to the SDA Church. I went to an evangelistic series and, after it was over, I started preparing for baptism. I was baptized on August 29, 2009.
None of this has sat well with my wife. She has been very antagonistic about it since I started, even spending all Sabbath, every Sabbath screaming at me for keeping the Sabbath. She gets irate when she sees me reading my Bible and starts slamming doors and everything. All I've done is pray for her.
Today, it escalated to a new level. We have a stun gun in our house, just in case of a break in. Today, she asked me to help her make a budget. I said we could do it tonight. She asked why we couldn't do it then. I told her that it was the Sabbath. She got irate and screamed, "I'm tired of all this Sabbath bull****." She got up and tried to kick me. I moved. She swung at me. I ducked and pushed her down, out of instinct. I feel bad for pushing her down. I've never laid a hand on my wife before. Anyway, she gets up and grabs our stun gun and ran at me with it. I quickly left our bedroom and held the door closed until she calmed down.
But this is getting out of control. We have a three year old son and, even though he was in the bath this time and didn't see it, what if he isn't next time? He doesn't need to see that. Jesus says not to leave your spouse unless they've cheated on you, and then it's still better to stay. So what do I do? I pray for her several times a day and I try to be as nice to her as I can possibly be but it just gets worse and worse. Today she actually attacked me. That's never happened before. Please help me.
Ironically, at the beginning of 2009, I started going to the SDA Church. I went to an evangelistic series and, after it was over, I started preparing for baptism. I was baptized on August 29, 2009.
None of this has sat well with my wife. She has been very antagonistic about it since I started, even spending all Sabbath, every Sabbath screaming at me for keeping the Sabbath. She gets irate when she sees me reading my Bible and starts slamming doors and everything. All I've done is pray for her.
Today, it escalated to a new level. We have a stun gun in our house, just in case of a break in. Today, she asked me to help her make a budget. I said we could do it tonight. She asked why we couldn't do it then. I told her that it was the Sabbath. She got irate and screamed, "I'm tired of all this Sabbath bull****." She got up and tried to kick me. I moved. She swung at me. I ducked and pushed her down, out of instinct. I feel bad for pushing her down. I've never laid a hand on my wife before. Anyway, she gets up and grabs our stun gun and ran at me with it. I quickly left our bedroom and held the door closed until she calmed down.
But this is getting out of control. We have a three year old son and, even though he was in the bath this time and didn't see it, what if he isn't next time? He doesn't need to see that. Jesus says not to leave your spouse unless they've cheated on you, and then it's still better to stay. So what do I do? I pray for her several times a day and I try to be as nice to her as I can possibly be but it just gets worse and worse. Today she actually attacked me. That's never happened before. Please help me.