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Prayer Please

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Here it goes, I have two close friends believers who are in a relationship looking to get married, one is more ready, and the other is more apprehensive. The fiance (her) had a really rough childhood of abuse (think violent step father abuse maybe more). She used to date guys who were abusive did drugs the whole bit, she did them as well. She was often angry and all until she got saved. Now she is happy at times with some depression occurences but gentle and kind the opposite of what she used to be in many ways and she is with someone totally opposite what she was used to. They been together about two and a half years. I and others note to ourselves that the chances are not high she that she would meet someone as patient as her fiance, not perfect but strong in all the areas where she needs them. He is serious about the lord and his future as a husband. Took upon himself to take classes on abuse to be able to better deal with or understand some issues he might face. The problem is she will never be ready to marry him because she thinks its possible that he could out of nowhere turn into what she went through before and she knows anything is possible. Now while I and others pray for healing what is our advice to him? I am thinking although we will be praying for healing as we have he may need accept it in his mind that marriage could be years down the line and be willing to wait as long as never if such is Gods will. He seems to have the idea that marriage is great and he cant wait, and when he talks about it glowingly she looks like :sigh:. Thing is they are on the same page with nearly everything else. Anyway I really want to see them succeed so the more prayers the better, thanks guys if u read this far lol. :prayer: