Long Story Short
I am in an unequally yoked relationship. My husband wants to stay with me and says he loves me despite my beliefs so I can't leave him according to the Bible. My husband constantly stares at other women when we go out in public. If I confront him, he denies it and yells and screams at me. This is breaking my heart. Not only that, it's humiliating and embarrassing. I read a devotional that said that sometimes God will show us betrayal to do work in us. And I understand that, but, please pray for me! Please pray for me that this will end. I am so unhappy and humiliated every day. I feel like I'm being cheated on. I want to cheat on him just to be with a guy who appreciates me again. I feel like a doormat. I know Christ sacrificed so much more than me and experienced much more betrayal; but he was also God wrapped in flesh. I'm just human wrapped in flesh. I know that God only wants us to pray and let him work; but I can't stop this pain and, my prayers don't seem to be working or making any change. Please help me. I so embarrassed, and so angry when my husband does this. Then I have to forgive him and not show how hurt I am to not just try to have Christlike behavior, but also to avoid an awful argument.
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I am in an unequally yoked relationship. My husband is not only a non-believer, but he listens to satanic death metal music, curses up a storm etc. Before I became a Christian, I wasn't happy, but thought it was the best I could do. After we got married, I started to realize that this wasn't the kind of life I wanted to bring children into. I tried to break up with him, but he convinced me he would change and be a nice guy. Well, he didn't. Making the mistake of moving away from home with him and being trapped in this relationship broke me. Through that, I found Christ. The most positive outcome of this is that I am so happy to have Christ in my life.
So as you could proabably guess, becoming a Christian caused tremendous conflict in our relationship and I figured that eventually he would leave me. In fact we argued etc. all the time. But, being a Christian, I couldn't leave him (2Corinthians? I think). Finally he told me to leave and I was overjoyed. I found an apartment and was ready to leave. Then a Bible proverb kept popping into my mind about this point in his life. So I told it to him. God kept laying it on my heart to tell him about brokeness and to give him a chance to repent. Well, we eventually got into another argument about our relationship and I told him I didn't care anymore about it (our relationship) anymore. I told him I wasn't angry at him b/c I believed satan was destroying our marraige and b/c of his choices and lifestyle, satan had a very strong foothold. And I knew that the only thing that could fix our marraige was God and not us. And, I couldn't believe it, but he started to become open to God.
He then decided that he wanted me to stay. And things were good at first. But, now...well now he's kinder and nicer and very understanding of my religious beliefs as long as I don't force them on him. But, now he constantly stares at other women when we're out. It really hurts me. He did it before and I kept telling him how hurt I was and he'd always deny it. So eventually, we just stopped going out in public together. But, since the relationship has taken this turn for the better, he has wanted to take me out on dates etc. But, now I just feel broken hearted and humiliated every time we go anywhere. He just stares at our waitresses, women at other tables etc. I'm not an unattractive girl, people tell me I look like Tyra Banks and Halle Berry and he always tells me how beautiful I am. But, that doesn't seem to matter to him. He does it anyway. Men, that are around us say "what a jerk" to each other when we're out. Our just out and out laugh at how obvious he is. Some of the women giggle and act really flattered and others glare at him like he disgusts them.
I haven't been able to stop this pain. Please pray for me. I just want some relief. It's like I can't see the end of this. I know Joseph stayed in prison so long after he deserved it and I know God is doing a work in me. And sometimes I can see it like that when it's happening. But, it just hurts so bad sometimes. It just hurts so bad! It makes me so ANGRY
! I just don't feel strong enough for this anymore. I can't hold my head up when I go out. Just when I'm having a few minutes of fun, I look up and he's staring at someone again. I try to look the other way or pretend like I don't see it. Nothing works. Please pray for me. God! If you're listening please help me!
I am in an unequally yoked relationship. My husband wants to stay with me and says he loves me despite my beliefs so I can't leave him according to the Bible. My husband constantly stares at other women when we go out in public. If I confront him, he denies it and yells and screams at me. This is breaking my heart. Not only that, it's humiliating and embarrassing. I read a devotional that said that sometimes God will show us betrayal to do work in us. And I understand that, but, please pray for me! Please pray for me that this will end. I am so unhappy and humiliated every day. I feel like I'm being cheated on. I want to cheat on him just to be with a guy who appreciates me again. I feel like a doormat. I know Christ sacrificed so much more than me and experienced much more betrayal; but he was also God wrapped in flesh. I'm just human wrapped in flesh. I know that God only wants us to pray and let him work; but I can't stop this pain and, my prayers don't seem to be working or making any change. Please help me. I so embarrassed, and so angry when my husband does this. Then I have to forgive him and not show how hurt I am to not just try to have Christlike behavior, but also to avoid an awful argument.
Long Story Long
I am in an unequally yoked relationship. My husband is not only a non-believer, but he listens to satanic death metal music, curses up a storm etc. Before I became a Christian, I wasn't happy, but thought it was the best I could do. After we got married, I started to realize that this wasn't the kind of life I wanted to bring children into. I tried to break up with him, but he convinced me he would change and be a nice guy. Well, he didn't. Making the mistake of moving away from home with him and being trapped in this relationship broke me. Through that, I found Christ. The most positive outcome of this is that I am so happy to have Christ in my life.
So as you could proabably guess, becoming a Christian caused tremendous conflict in our relationship and I figured that eventually he would leave me. In fact we argued etc. all the time. But, being a Christian, I couldn't leave him (2Corinthians? I think). Finally he told me to leave and I was overjoyed. I found an apartment and was ready to leave. Then a Bible proverb kept popping into my mind about this point in his life. So I told it to him. God kept laying it on my heart to tell him about brokeness and to give him a chance to repent. Well, we eventually got into another argument about our relationship and I told him I didn't care anymore about it (our relationship) anymore. I told him I wasn't angry at him b/c I believed satan was destroying our marraige and b/c of his choices and lifestyle, satan had a very strong foothold. And I knew that the only thing that could fix our marraige was God and not us. And, I couldn't believe it, but he started to become open to God.
He then decided that he wanted me to stay. And things were good at first. But, now...well now he's kinder and nicer and very understanding of my religious beliefs as long as I don't force them on him. But, now he constantly stares at other women when we're out. It really hurts me. He did it before and I kept telling him how hurt I was and he'd always deny it. So eventually, we just stopped going out in public together. But, since the relationship has taken this turn for the better, he has wanted to take me out on dates etc. But, now I just feel broken hearted and humiliated every time we go anywhere. He just stares at our waitresses, women at other tables etc. I'm not an unattractive girl, people tell me I look like Tyra Banks and Halle Berry and he always tells me how beautiful I am. But, that doesn't seem to matter to him. He does it anyway. Men, that are around us say "what a jerk" to each other when we're out. Our just out and out laugh at how obvious he is. Some of the women giggle and act really flattered and others glare at him like he disgusts them.
I haven't been able to stop this pain. Please pray for me. I just want some relief. It's like I can't see the end of this. I know Joseph stayed in prison so long after he deserved it and I know God is doing a work in me. And sometimes I can see it like that when it's happening. But, it just hurts so bad sometimes. It just hurts so bad! It makes me so ANGRY
! I just don't feel strong enough for this anymore. I can't hold my head up when I go out. Just when I'm having a few minutes of fun, I look up and he's staring at someone again. I try to look the other way or pretend like I don't see it. Nothing works. Please pray for me. God! If you're listening please help me!
