To JR001 I hope this helps about the mocking, and yes you are a christian but when you get baptized you are making an outward sign that your life has changed, there is more to it but that is one of the reasons, anyway A few of the woman in our church are Christians and there husbands are not, I was praying about them and i think god said to me, i have to be very careful about this because i dont fully understand when i hear god and when i dont as i am a new christian to but when i talked to one of the women at church she said she felt this too and she has been a christian for many years, that they feel threatened by it all and threatened by Jesus. The first thing is the women in my church are show a lot of love, this can be hard for a man to take, for example if a man comes to his wife's church and sees a man hugging his wife, or they are smiling at each other, this can and most probably be seen in the wrong way, they will not understand at as a brother and sisterly love, they will see something going on and maybe inside they will be like back of buddy that's my wife, they may struggle with this but not want to kick up a fuss, another thing that could be even harder for them to handle is Jesus, Jesus is your all in all, so in being your god Jesus takes a lot of your time, that the husband may feels belongs to him, it can be very hard for him, it's not like he can take his complaint anywhere, he can hardly go to god and say Hey god, your taking too much of my wife's time up, back off, she's meant to be with me, also even in a non Christian relationship the man does like to lead and this could be hard for him if you've made the decision and not him. If you can imagine how hard it could be for them, they can only talk to his non Christian friends about this what advice could they give, about any of this, if they dont trust Christians where can they turn. I'm not saying any of this is the case for your husband, but as I prayed for the non Christian husbands, I got a real heart for them, I only mention this because he could struggle with a part of this, if he does approach it tenderly, show him christs love even if it may be hard, maybe you could explain to him what christs love is about and what it's done in your life, it may be hard for him to understand, but I do believe if you pray about how to speak to him god will give you the answers, maybe you could ask the guys at your church, if you have one to get along side him, maybe see if he wanted to go to a ball game or whatever your husband enjoys, he may find it easier to talk about any fears if he has any to a male instead of a female. I am praying for you in this whole situation and that christs love working through you will touch his heart, and he will come to see that Christ loves him, and he has no need to be threatened if thats the case. god bless you and your husband.
