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    WIll God let me change my mind?

    My husband and I are planning a vacation for next week. We don't have a lot of money but the WDW tickets are covered and 2 nights are covered. The other night I prayed that God would help us be wise with money and I had the thought that we shouldn't go, so I have been worrying a lot. I recently...
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    First pregnancy

    I found out I'm pregnant a little while ago and I'm now about six weeks along. It's really scary because I've had spotting and cramping and now I'm having a weird vary mild stabbing pain in my abdomen about belly button area. I have insurance but I haven't met the deductible yet and I can't...
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    Telling God promises

    I have OCD and I've worried about vows for a while now. I got into the habit of making some decisions by purposefully telling God that I have to do things a certain way or it means some hung bad like that I have to leave my husband or that I'm calling God something bad or a combination which...
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    Need advice

    I had been struggling with thinking that God wanted me to leave my husband and I seemed to see things that seemed like signs when I would pray for them. But I started to read about God's design and felt better (although I still get anxious when I think about it). However the thing that is still...
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    Can I be forgiven

    I have obsessive compulsive disorder. I used to woray that God wanted me to leave my husband because of perceived vows and things but I know that God's design is permanent marriage. However, because I have OCD I sometimes think if I do certain things that it means I'm calling God something bad...
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    my husband's family

    My husband's parents are having marriage issues that i shouldn't talk too much about but they need a lot of prayer this weekend.
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    ramblings

    I'm do stressed right now. I've started worrying because I start with thinking tat if I do cwrtain things that being with my husbandwould mean that i was saying somwthing bad abou God but then I sometimes selfishly and terribly use that to make decisions and to makeme feel like doing something...
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    Worries are constant

    I'm worrying about my marriage still. Do you guys ever worry about signs. If you be seen my previous pposts I worry about the possibility of having promised that I would t get married and I got married anyway. My husband is amazing but I hear lots about surrender andnthen his dad was...
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    Does God ask people to divorce?

    I've posted this so many times before but I'm so terrified. Before I met my husband I heard about a guy at my school making a vow with God that he would be celibate. After that I started feeling like God wanted me to make a vow not to marry and I kept worrying with every thing I did that it...
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    The Greek of inappropriate contenteia

    I'm not sure if that word is spelled right but that is the Greek word used in Matthew 5:32 when Jesus said that you can't divorce except for adultery. 4202 inappropriate contenteía (the root of the English terms "inappropriate contentography, inappropriate contentographic"; cf. 4205 /pórnos) which is derived from pernaō, "to sell off") –...
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    Would God send married people in separate directions?

    I have been really worried for a while about various things in my life lately. Before I was married I had the desire to go to Africa and work with orphans. The pictures of the children were so meaningful. I wondered if i was called. I didn't want to say I was if I wasn't. Anyway, I started...
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    Is God using my OCD- please read

    I often worry if I do certain everyday things it will mean that I'm making a vow to do something, even things like divorcing my husband which is terrible. That being said, before I got married I heard about a guy who made a vow of celibacy and I was worried that God wanted me not to get married...
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    Long Question

    I have a problem woth worrying about vows. I constantly pray stuff like, "it doesnt mean anythig bad if..." Or the same type of thing but about vowing instead. The problem here started quite a while back before I started dating my husband. I was at a retreat and heard about a guy that took a...
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    Rough few weeks

    My husband recently went out of town and I had a downward spiral with my anxieties. I keep worrying that doing certain things means something bad, like making a vow to leave my husband or something, so I will even pray that it's ok as long as I do such and such, but then if I don't do it, I feel...
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    So Afraid

    I'm so overcome by fear lately. I'll try to start from the beginning but it will take a while. I had a fear long ago that I was supposed to stay single or that lots of things I did would mean I was making a vow to God not to get married. Well I was in church one day and thought that if I took...