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I feel lost. I am currently concluding 6 years of bad relationships with Gomers. 3 Gomers over 6 years. The last Gomer was 3 years on and off. Funny, but the last break up was 3 years to the day of when we first got romantic. Hmm...a lot of 3's...
**Immediately preceding the first "Gomer", God spoke through a spiritual elder who said, "For you to have the relationship that you want to have, some things have to be dealt with. Some things have to be changed." Prior to this, I had healthy romantic partners. It was I who was in need of major work.

Before this last Gomer, I was led to the book of Hosea for the first time in my 36 years. 20-something years spent going to a Pentacostal church inspired (drug along) by my parents. I thought God was saying he was going to do a Hosea and Gomez thing with me and Gomer number 2. Apparently, I was wrong and he must have been referring to Gomer number 3. If only I would have known.

God nudged me towards this woman that did not fit my definition of beauty repeatedly. I even consulted a spiritual elder who said, "I think that by learning to love this young lady, you might end up meeting the woman who is to be your wife." I relented and put it in God's hands and gave it a try.

I learned to love her and then saw her as the most beautiful woman in the world. She had the best combination of good characteristics and qualities that I have ever experienced in a gf EXCEPT for a couple things. She had issues that prevented her from having healthy romantic relationships. She exhibited symptoms of having her power traumatically taken/boundaries disregarded in addition to being the child of an addict mother and an abusive father.

During the 3 years on and off with the 3rd and hopefully final Gomer, there were multiple instances that hinted at her being deceitful. I prayed and asked God for clarity, but received nothing until this 3rd time. I received dreams that speak of me doing a good job with my task; unclean, separation, division & sexual sin associated with her & her feminine body; new beginnings, God's creation/creative ability, completion, finality with her again being associated with 3 different shades of red sinfulness & sexual infidelity. The last couple dreams spoke of a beautiful woman that I've never met and a woman who had similar features to this last Gomer and I meeting while I was working in the field of my calling. Finally, I dreamt of new beginnings and division/separation of a union.

Wow. That's a lot. That also only the past few chapters and not the entire book.

Has anyone here ever been told by God to date someone who turned out to be a Gomer? What happened with your situation? Why would God put me with cheaters for the past 6 years? Punishment for my previous infidelity? But why do it when I finally have the emotional awareness to break away from my family's unhealthy cycles? Also, my Gomer never changed her ways so why would God essentially waste my time/pain/love?

Thank you.
 
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If the marriages were a prophetic message, then it's a reflection on the church.

Gomer was a prophetic message of how unfaithful Israel was towards God as a people, since Gomer and Hosea always reconciled after she went away: Your situation doesn't exactly fit.

If it is not a prophetic message, it's a reflection on you. In this scenario, you are drawn to situations like this for one reason or another.

Either way, it is a matter for prayer.

Sometimes the answer from God is silence.

When there is no data, our minds automatically fill in the blanks. It is entirely possible God said nothing, and the ego thinking it's all about you, made the whole idea of a prophetic message up.

It may not be the case, but it is important to acknowledge the possibility.
 
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. I even consulted a spiritual elder who said, "I think that by learning to love this young lady, you might end up meeting the woman who is to be your wife."

The advice was learn to love this women and you might meet the women you are to marry. Not marry this women.

Maybe you should seek a Christian women with no hang ups.
 
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The advice was learn to love this women and you might meet the women you are to marry. Not marry this women.

Maybe you should seek a Christian women with no hang ups.
Believe me when I say I tried to limit it to friendship only. I was being kind when I stated that she didn't fit my definition of beauty. A few people have stated that she wasn't my peer when it comes to physical attractiveness, but I felt God's nudging AND once I was involved in the friendship I saw her good non-physical qualities and she became physically attractive to me.

I believe God brought her to me. I definitely didn't seek her out. I actually knew her as a coworker and acquaintance prior to forming an actual friendship.

*For the record, these are not rebuttals! I just want to correct any miscommunications so I can provide the clearest picture to get the best advice. I sincerely appreciate your response and advice, John.
 
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First of all, I'm sorry to hear all of this happened to you.

Has anyone here ever been told by God to date someone who turned out to be a Gomer?
I haven't, and based on what you shared, I don't think that God told you to do that either.

Punishment for my previous infidelity?
Maybe. But who can really know.

But why do it when I finally have the emotional awareness to break away from my family's unhealthy cycles?
Being as relationship decisions are emotional ones, I'm afraid you might be overstating and overestimating your emotional awareness.

Also, my Gomer never changed her ways so why would God essentially waste my time/pain/love?
I'm not putting this on God. He allowed it sure, but that's not the same as promising you that if you marry a cheater that he will bring her back to you in a redemptive way. Hosea was never promised this at the beginning of the book. I don't know of any self-respecting man who wants a love story like Hosea's. God himself commanded "you shall not commit adultery" so we know it's not God's will for people to cheat on each other as a rule.

It really sounds to me like you got duped into chasing a perverse dream that you knew was going to be painful but didn't have whatever payoff you were expecting. I'm sorry that happened.
 
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I am currently concluding 6 years of bad relationships with Gomers. 3 Gomers over 6 years.
I had that problem. I was attracted to the wrong kind of woman, really attracted to them. It is difficult to break that pattern and get involved with the right person who is good for us in the long run. Short-term women are wonderful women. They just can not sustain a long-term relationship. Usually because of unresolved issues in their past. It is really a friends-with-benefits relationship that just does not last in the long run.
 
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After being in this situation, I now know to never tell someone, "That's not God!". I wonder how many people actually said that to Noah, Hosea, Abraham. Unless it contradicts the bible, I wasn't there when God conveyed it to them.

If you (anyone) can spare the time, I am asking you to pray on my behalf. I am asking that you pray and ask God what to say to your brother while he is hurting. Maybe I am Abraham in my 19th year of waiting for Isaac or Joseph still sitting in jail after the Egyptian servant was raised back up. Idk.
 
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