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Prayer for a Broken Heart

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msjones21

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This may seem selfish and silly, but I was wondering if you all could pray that God would grant me wisdom right now and also healing for my soul. For some strange reason, I have been thinking of my past with my ex-husband. Counting our period of dating we were together for almost seven years. We practically grew up together. We divorced for several reasons, one being he became abusive and I wanted out. We didn't try to work it out. I honestly believe had I not ran away from it all, with God's help, we would have worked it out. I don't think he would have left me.

Anyway, to make a very long story short, in the end he turned to another woman for comfort and understanding and he has now married this woman and they are expecting a child. Actually, he got her pregnant and was hesitant on marrying her because he's not sure it's his child but that's beside the point. Last March when I heard the news of their marriage I cried to my mother, "it's too late, isn't it?" She didn't have an answer. I've since had a baby, had many failed relationships, lived in "the world", established for myself a home and a job, and have come back to Christ and strengthened my relationship with Him beyond all measure. It hurts because I don't know if I married him outside the will of God or if we were meant to be together and I divorced him outside of the will of God. Now things seem so uncertain.

I need prayer for my bitterness. I occasionally entertain thoughts of contacting him and asking him to forgive me. I have dreams about us being together. There is not one place I can go which does not have some memory of the two of us attached to it. We shared so much history together. We were a young Christian couple who probably got married too young and now I'm suffering the consequences of it. I have begged God that if these feelings are not of Him to take them away. I know I can't erase my memory but take away my longing to be with this man if it's not in His will. Please pray for godly wisdom. I need all I can get.

Thank you so much and God bless you all.
 

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I can tell from your posts that you are a strong, rational and good person. Needless to say, I have felt the sting of a broken heart more times than I can count.

I pray to Jesus that you can heal and find happiness in any way that makes you happy.

God Bless!

Jacob
 
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msjones21-

:hug:'s to you! I know how hard it is to get over someone you once cared very deeply for. Moving on and being with someone else doesn't erase those feelings. And since you did care deeply for him, those feelings are not going to go away overnight. It also sounds like there wasn't much closure, even though you did get a divorce.

As trite as it may sound, what I have discovered that helps the most is time. Time and prayer and drawing closer to God. And not dwelling on what has happened. What's done is done. It cannot be changed. What can be changed is how I handle myself and my heart in the future. My guess is you have probably learned quite a bit from all you have been through. Use what you have learned to not make the same mistakes in the future. Ask God to heal your hurts and guard your heart until the healing has taken place. Don't rush things. He has a plan for you. Let Him show you what it is. I can guarantee that it will be much better than anything you may have planned for yourself.
 
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