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Vacation 4 me!!!!!

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:wave:I know most of you have yet to realize I am going to be here for a while, so it wont be any big deal for me to be gone a little over a week, but for those of you who have been praying for my situation & my family (we're separated 4 those who don't know) & who have been such a blessing to interact with I will miss you all very much.

:prayer:I would like to ask for HUGE Prayer, that it might be Gods will for this time to be what is needed to heal my wifes' heart, and bring her home, once we return. I miss my wife & daughter more than you could ever imagine. I love them so very deeply. :groupray:

Thanks & God Bless
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Honestly, COVINABP, Many people and especially women, depending upon the situation, require their own time table, for forgiveness.

I'm not trying to sideline your thoughts and I am not attacking women. Fact of life.

My Brother and I had a falling out once. Six months passed before we said a word again and it happened, that he was the only one around to help me out that day. (We have a strange and closed relationship today, but my Brother was allowed to be there for me that day.)

My only advice, be the person that you've always been, for everyone in your life. If something is to be forgiven or forgotten, it will come to be. ( I am a true believer in the idea that time really does heal all wounds. You have to stick around, for that to be the case.)

Stephen
 
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Hi :wave: ,

May your vacation be restful and rejuvenating!

And prayers will continue for your marriage relationship.

As Stephan mentions...time does heal all. It is Gods timing and not ours. Example...our son was trying out for a hockey team (major positive career move), I had asked the Lord FOR HIS WILL TO BE DONE. Dustin did his best and then some and was cut from the team... the neat thing was both he, his Dad and I were 'good' with the decision as that is what we had prayed for.

Timing is EVERYTHING and when we wait for Gods, only good things come out of it! I know it is hard to understand why something positive (marriage relationship) would take 'so long' to 'correct', (had these thoughts myself :sigh: ) and yet I've found, time and time again...GODS TIMING IS PERFECT!

With :hug: s & :prayer: s,
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Praying for you and for your relationship and for your vacation. Look forward to meeting you when you get back.


Father God, pour out your Holy Spirit into this famliy this situation , this vacation. Lord, help those involved to speak the truth about these issues. Help not just forgivenesss, but healing and reconciliation to occur. Pour out your truth and wisdom into this situation and let your plan unfold to bring glory to your name. Help
COVINABP to relax in your grace and the safety of your wings. Give him ears to hear his wife's needs and desires in a new way. Give Him wisdom and the words to express his feelings and needs. Help Him to realize that the battle for his marriage is yours Lord, that you alone can work golry out of this situation. Lord let the peace of your Holy Spirit reaign in his heart.

In Jesus precious name,

Amen
 
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Thank you everybody, & I am home now, and my wife & daughter are going to spend the night here, I am happy, the councilar says this is steps forward, but when she cooses not to stay the next night, it hurts again, I can't figure out what I did wrong, yet she says, I didn't do wong, she just needs more time to heal. Thanks again, and God bless to all
 
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Thanks Connie, it is so hard for me to be happy with the small steps, though I am, and thank God for every one of them every time we part in the evining I crash into a low, I have never cried so much in my life, I am not sure if that is the genral sadness that comes with the situation, or if
it is the bp, I will ask the therapist today, and I get to have blood taked to see if my depacote is at the right dose also (I think that is the medication) Thanks again, I will be continuing to see the positive, even in the small steps.
 
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Thanks Connie, it is so hard for me to be happy with the small steps, though I am, and thank God for every one of them every time we part in the evining I crash into a low, I have never cried so much in my life, I am not sure if that is the genral sadness that comes with the situation, or if
it is the bp, I will ask the therapist today, and I get to have blood taked to see if my depacote is at the right dose also (I think that is the medication) Thanks again, I will be continuing to see the positive, even in the small steps.

When I left my husband many years ago...and in the process left my babies :cry: :( :sigh: ..when I returned and had to 'visit' my own children...the ache, sadness and tears were overwhelming. I think (in my case) it was a mixture of the B/P and the situation. (our Heavenly Father has brought our family back together, and we will be celebrating our 20th anniversary this Nov!) There is hope Covinabp!

Someone once told me (very recently)..."Celebrate EVERY step no matter how small or big you may think it is"!
I pray you will continue seeing the positive!

Prayer request written down and lifted Up!

:hug: s & :prayer: s,
Wendy
 
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Thanks Wendy, and you too alive again,

Today was a sure downer, I don't know, maybee our case will end up like yours Wendy, I mean, I just don't see her coming home, and with the bp, it really is all so confusing, I had always thought she'd be there in my "sickness & in health", but I am feeling very much on my own, even though she goes to the pdoc & therapist with me, I am begining to believe she is really ready to move on, just wanting me to say "Its time", so she isn't the bad person here. I have heard so many people with a simular thing, divorce & re-marraige, as it stands, I also only get to "visit" my daughter, I love My family, but as I have also learned, mens place, 3 major catogries, lead, love, and lose. Maybee I need to just be the man in this, and do these 3 things, take the lead, by letting go, yet I know I will still love her with all my heart, & will always be reminded of this love, even if I try to forget, because it will come back, every time I have to meet to i guess for lack of better words "Trade" our child off, and lastly lose, by the obvious, in the begging, in letting go. and then maybee my "Sheep" will come back some day. I don't know, I have been thrown into a low this evining by her, I can't tell if it is the bp, or genral sadness by my wife changing plans made.

Wendy, please know I am not feeling this way because of your earlier situation, I have been pondering these thoughts because of others I know in my day to day life.

Needing much prayer tonight, God bless to all
 
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Lord, You know the pain this man is going thru. I know it breaks Your heart. Sometimes there are no words that us humans can use to express our concern for another. I thank You that Your Holy Spirit crys out for us to You. Lord, please reach down and comfort him, may He feel Your presence, sense Your Peace, know in his heart and mind that You go before him. Help him think clearly before he makes any important decissions. You know Lord, better than we do, how this illness affects our way of thinking, please fill his mind with Your thoughts that he may know what to do.
I thank You for answered prayer.
In Jesus Name :amen:
 
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Heavenly Father, we come before you tonight and ask that you stand beside our dear brother and help him through this struggle. We ask that you comfort him and lift him up and give him the strength he needs to do Your will. We ask that you guide him throughout each day and help him to take one step at a time. We ask that you bless and keep him always. We ask all things in Jesus' precious name, Amen.
 
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Lord, You know the pain this man is going thru. I know it breaks Your heart. Sometimes there are no words that us humans can use to express our concern for another. I thank You that Your Holy Spirit crys out for us to You. Lord, please reach down and comfort him, may He feel Your presence, sense Your Peace, know in his heart and mind that You go before him. Help him think clearly before he makes any important decissions. You know Lord, better than we do, how this illness affects our way of thinking, please fill his mind with Your thoughts that he may know what to do.
I thank You for answered prayer.
In Jesus Name :amen:
Amen and Amen to AngelKiss's prayer.

I'm praying for you, brother. Keep the faith.

Connie
 
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