Hi everyone - I'm new to the forum and very excited to be here! I've just been married within the past year and have been looking around for a place to discuss issues with others who are married to non-believers so I feel this is an answer to prayer!
I absolutely adore my husband; he is a sweet, kind, wonderful man with a strong moral character and he's a wonderful husband. However, he is not a believer. The biggest issue there's been for me since our marriage because of this is that I find myself feeling absolutely panicked that something will happen to him before he is saved (because of course I hope and pray every day that he will come to know the Lord.) But I know that life is fragile and that tragedies happen all the time and that none of us is guaranteed to die old and in our beds. I can't bear the thought of him not being in heaven for eternity, and it really scares me.
I know that God tells us now to worry and cast our cares on Him, and that we should trust in His timing, but this is still something I struggle with. Does anyone else wrestle with the same thing? Any advice or anything that's helped you cope?
Thank you, brothers and sisters. God bless!
I absolutely adore my husband; he is a sweet, kind, wonderful man with a strong moral character and he's a wonderful husband. However, he is not a believer. The biggest issue there's been for me since our marriage because of this is that I find myself feeling absolutely panicked that something will happen to him before he is saved (because of course I hope and pray every day that he will come to know the Lord.) But I know that life is fragile and that tragedies happen all the time and that none of us is guaranteed to die old and in our beds. I can't bear the thought of him not being in heaven for eternity, and it really scares me.
I know that God tells us now to worry and cast our cares on Him, and that we should trust in His timing, but this is still something I struggle with. Does anyone else wrestle with the same thing? Any advice or anything that's helped you cope?
Thank you, brothers and sisters. God bless!