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My heart breaks for you. Your wife has done a horrible thing, to you and to the kids. My prayer for you is that the counseling you receive will enable you to get to the bottom of everything... the lies, the pain, the deception, and anything else that will allow her to come to full repentance and...

You sound fairly normal to me. Grief is a personal thing and not everyone feels it the same. A person with deep gifts of compassion may feel more distraught about the situations you mentioned, but most people would not. But I do agree with the earlier comment that perhaps you should seek if the...

I feel for your situation. It's got to be very painful. From my perspective it appears that you are staying with him for the same reason you didn't avoid marrying him in the first place - your insecurity. He's not only living a godless life now, he's also endangering you in the ways others have...

One of the most helpful things I've ever done, or heard about, is to take a Bible book - any book - Isaiah, Colossians, etc. - and make a list of everything you come across in that book that describes God. Write out what you find in a simple list... * God is ____________ * God is ____________ *...

There's not a doubt that believers should love those in the world (because they are God's creatures and because they are lost), AND love each other... but that' doesn't mean we tip toe around everyone's emotions because we're afraid to hurt their feelings. True love will speak the hard truth...

I feel like the long lost brother who's returning home. I started in this community with a bang a few years back, but life interrupted. So, before leaping back into discussions, I thought I'd reintroduce myself. :) I'm a retired pastor of over 20 years and am now serving the church as a...

Yes, pretty true of my marriage. I think for us the ultimate "trust" is that we each trust God with each other... which enables both of us to walk in obedience to Him in areas relating to each other that may be hard because of past hurts or disappointments. When we trust HIM to handle the...

Not close friends, more acquaintances. The marriage relationship is sacred and must be protected (from our own weaknesses, mainly)

My simple advice is to seek God first and only for the duration (as long as HE decides is necessary). He'll bring the right man into your life at the right time. Truly, He will if that's what is best for you, his dear daughter.

I've been learning and working a lot on what is being called a "Family Economics" model in my home. I'm trying to put together a community of people interested in doing home based or family businesses who want to be able to learn from the experiences and mistakes of others who share their faith...

If anyone is interested in being part of a home business/ family business "mastermind" type community (think private, Christian Facebook), let me know. I've started one but don't want to break the forum "rules" by posting a link. In the community we'll be focusing on brainstorming, discussion of...

I'm curious if anyone is planning to go to the family economics conference next week in St. Louis. I'll be there both as a vendor and participant on a panel, so I'd love to connect with anyone who will be there.

We met at our Christian college... in a student-led Bible study. The first meeting we drew names from a hat/bowl to pair up as weekly prayer partners. She was mine. Though I'd normally never recommend connecting single guys and gals as prayer partners... the LORD used it tremendously for my...

Basically, I agree that it depends on the work environment and the people involved... BUT I think there's a need to understand what's behind his resistance to you calling/texting/emailing. It may be simply that he is very conscious of the impression his employer is getting and wants to be...

Articles by their very nature (short), tend to over-generalize. I think that's the case here. If we had the luxury of sitting with the author and asking questions, I think we'd find he is much less black and white than it appears.

Both husband and wife are equal in value/importance in God's sight. Head-ship (a biblical term) only has to do with the roles the two take within the marriage. If a husband is calling all the shots, then it is more like slavery, not biblical submission. A husband who is sacrificially loving and...

I'm not sure the solution is a "to do" list recap or assigning him more jobs around the house. The issue is a deeper heart-level thing than that. The two of you clearly have differing expectations of what your roles are, and how they should look. I'd agree that yours is more healthy and...

Great comments. Rick's quote is right on. We too often expect that "right" is the way we see it, and fail to realize that everyone else sees through their eyes, not ours. I'm not talking about clear biblical issues of right and wrong, but issues that are more personal preference in nature. I...

I'm not a woman... but here's my take. Honesty is always best and communication is mandatory for a healthy relationship. Your wife deserves your honesty. If you're really wanting to solve the issue, your wife needs to know... and to show your broken spirit over this you'll need to do whatever...

No. You simply don't know that to be true. I point singles to deeper intimacy with God... that's what we all need more of anyway.