Chalk and Cheese

[shaaz_99]

Hi....i would like to ask for some testimonies on How God has intervened in your marriage and helped your relationship.My husband is'nt a Christian
and recently i have been feeling like we are Chalk and Cheese, our ideas and goals are so different.and often its tough to communicate.

I know God can do powerful things!.....
I would love to here how he has helped y'all

 

[Angieh]

Hi there... This is my story.. I have been married for 15 years this year. However, last year at this time life was very difficult. My wonderful husband, who is not saved, stared dealing with depression... Then he had an affair for a month. SO, for the past year I've been trying to get past all of this. It wasn't until this past Sunday when everything I had bottled up inside came pouring out, that I TRULY gave it up to God. I have said for the past year that I did, but it was a lie, I couldn't forgive let alone forget. When I was able to do that I asked the Lord for a passage that I could cling to and I opened the Bible right to Isaiah 43:18-19 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wastland." That was for me.. Monday through today have been wonderful... I have never prayed so hard for my husband in my life and anyone else I can get to pray for him I do. I have learned that having a spouse that is not a Christian can be workable if we only give it up to God. Only the Lord can touch his heart. My husband cannot communicate either. That is very frustrating for me as well, but I have to cling to the little things that he does communicate to me and just rely on God for the rest. I have been blabbing this to everyone I know because I really feel that once I was able to release my husband, God was able to start His work in him.


I'll be praying hard for you and your husband along with blessings on your marriage... I'm reading some books that have helped me along this week as well.. Let me know if you're interested. God bless you , Angieh

 

[shaaz_99]

Hi there... This is my story.. I have been married for 15 years this year. However, last year at this time life was very difficult. My wonderful husband, who is not saved, stared dealing with depression... Then he had an affair for a month. SO, for the past year I've been trying to get past all of this. It wasn't until this past Sunday when everything I had bottled up inside came pouring out, that I TRULY gave it up to God. I have said for the past year that I did, but it was a lie, I couldn't forgive let alone forget. When I was able to do that I asked the Lord for a passage that I could cling to and I opened the Bible right to Isaiah 43:18-19 "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wastland." That was for me.. Monday through today have been wonderful... I have never prayed so hard for my husband in my life and anyone else I can get to pray for him I do. I have learned that having a spouse that is not a Christian can be workable if we only give it up to God. Only the Lord can touch his heart. My husband cannot communicate either. That is very frustrating for me as well, but I have to cling to the little things that he does communicate to me and just rely on God for the rest. I have been blabbing this to everyone I know because I really feel that once I was able to release my husband, God was able to start His work in him.


I'll be praying hard for you and your husband along with blessings on your marriage... I'm reading some books that have helped me along this week as well.. Let me know if you're interested. God bless you , Angieh

Thanks Angie, What a testimony!!!
How Good Is GOD????

I am definitely interested in any reasources you have...
Blessings and Peace be to you!!

 

[Angieh]

These are just a few of the the books I've found full of vital information... My favorite is "The Power of a Praying Wife" By Stormie Omartian, "The Many Loves of Marriage" by Thomas & Nanette Kinkade, "The Proper Care & Feeding of Husbands" by Dr. Laura Schlessinger (haven't finished this one), and "Rekindling the Romance" by Dennis & Barbara Rainey, this I got through Family Life Today. It came as an entire kit - book, cd's and a box of card type activities... This really touches on the many phases of love and really brings the different types of thinking from men & women to the table.. What an eye opener! My husband will be starting this with me soon.. I started it and there are portions for him, very involved for both... and what a blessing.

Take care and God bless..
You will both be remembered in my prayers...
Angieh

 

[Lotuspetal_uk]

Hi Shaaz,

Two spring to mind for me:

The first was during a time when we were first trying to repair our marriage back in 2001. We'd decided to go on vacation to patch things up. I recall hating every minute of the holiday - my husband would spend five sections in the day at the local mosque which gave me a lot of time to think about the future of the marriage. I recall begging the L-rd to release me from the marriage as I did not want a future being as alone as I felt right there and then. I was very uncertain of what kind of future I would have so I asked the L-rd for guidance. I was drawn to Joshua 1:9 which said, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified do not be discouraged for the L-rd your G-d will be with you whereever you go". I felt a divine reassurance that it was not yet time to leave the marriage but with the strength of the L-rd I could still endure.

The second was more recently - Earlier this year during another bad patch, I was lying in bed, mentally worn out, the fight having left me in terms of trying to keep the family together. Again I cried out to the L-rd silently, just how tired I was. Again I asked Him to remove the unequalness of this yoke. I felt a fire within me and a great sense of love envelope me as I prayed. At that moment my husband said something. I opened my eyes and asked him what he'd said. My husband repeated that he just had the strangest feeling. When I asked what the feeling was, he replied that a few seconds before (whilst I was silently praying) he had this enormous feeling that he was fortunate to have a wife like me and that he just had to share that with me . That confirmation from G-d made me remember Joshua 1:9 at that moment. It also prepared me for the trials that came shortly after and gave me the strength to triumph over them.

What an awesome G-d we serve!

LP

 

[shaaz_99]

PRAISE God.............Lotuspetal.........that is a Gr8 testimony.
I have also seen times when Mark has said wee things and i just know that God has orchestrated it.
I really love it, like wee glimmers under the surface.!!!!

 

[Lotuspetal_uk]

PRAISE God.............Lotuspetal.........that is a Gr8 testimony.
I have also seen times when Mark has said wee things and i just know that God has orchestrated it.
I really love it, like wee glimmers under the surface.!!!!

Amen, Shaaz,

It's so beautiful to see, isn't it. And it helps us to perservere and to grow ever closer to Our Heavenly Father

 

[shaaz_99]

It's def gr8 to hear, it helps in those times when you find communicating difficult!!
Tonight hubby and i have had a talk.....first time in months i think.........but it's hard to see if we';ve got something resolved cos he is now watching football!!!