Its been sometime since I last posted anything here. Since my last prayer request things have been better, my prayers and the prayers of those of you out there who prayed for my family were answered. God in all His Glory has provided for my family. Just when we need it we seem to get the money to pay bills through various odd jobs that come my way, we haven't gone hungry and there are people in our live that truely care. I can truely say God is in our live and providing for us and I feel like I can't do enough to repay him.
Unfortunately that feeling isn't shared by my wife. We have been together for 25 years, and we have had our share of problems. Drug and alcohol problems, financial problems, death of a son, long term serious health issues and there have been relationship issues where we've even felt comtempt for each other. In a bid to change all that a year a half ago we decided to make a change.
We moved from on state to another to put ourselves first. We returned to the church after many years away and life as I though was getting better. One of our daughters moved to where we are with our grandchildren, became involved in the church and thier live is a night and day difference from what it used to be as well. Like I said earlier we've had some bumps in the road since bringing God back in our life, but he has seen is thru it!
So last night my wife says we need to talk, she wants to back to RI because she feels lost here, that her independence is gone. She not happy here because of certain people who judge her, she's tired of worrying about the bills and if we can continue to make ends meet here. the list goes on and on. This hasn't been something new. shes been saying this for a few months. My daughter has tried to talk to her, so have others to no avail.
So my wife plans to leave on Monday or Tuesday and says shell understand if I don't go back to RI with her. I don't want to go back, going back means returning to a life of drama and other problems. I know because we've done this geographical cure thing before. Moving from RI to another state, settling in a new life only to return to RI after a year or two away and ending up in the same old troubling life.
So she wants to leave, I want to stay. God is here in our life and its a good life better than what we ever experienced before. She knows I won't go back and shes ok with that because "You have your church here".
So what do I do? I pray daily, read His Word daily, looking for an answer, all the time hoping a switch would click in her and she would become happy and see things the way my daughter and I see them. I sincerely feel this is where God wants my family right now, I don't want to lose my wife, what do I do. Pray that God gives me the insight to ensure that whatever I do, staying here or moving back to RI is really his will and not mine.
Unfortunately that feeling isn't shared by my wife. We have been together for 25 years, and we have had our share of problems. Drug and alcohol problems, financial problems, death of a son, long term serious health issues and there have been relationship issues where we've even felt comtempt for each other. In a bid to change all that a year a half ago we decided to make a change.
We moved from on state to another to put ourselves first. We returned to the church after many years away and life as I though was getting better. One of our daughters moved to where we are with our grandchildren, became involved in the church and thier live is a night and day difference from what it used to be as well. Like I said earlier we've had some bumps in the road since bringing God back in our life, but he has seen is thru it!
So last night my wife says we need to talk, she wants to back to RI because she feels lost here, that her independence is gone. She not happy here because of certain people who judge her, she's tired of worrying about the bills and if we can continue to make ends meet here. the list goes on and on. This hasn't been something new. shes been saying this for a few months. My daughter has tried to talk to her, so have others to no avail.
So my wife plans to leave on Monday or Tuesday and says shell understand if I don't go back to RI with her. I don't want to go back, going back means returning to a life of drama and other problems. I know because we've done this geographical cure thing before. Moving from RI to another state, settling in a new life only to return to RI after a year or two away and ending up in the same old troubling life.
So she wants to leave, I want to stay. God is here in our life and its a good life better than what we ever experienced before. She knows I won't go back and shes ok with that because "You have your church here".
So what do I do? I pray daily, read His Word daily, looking for an answer, all the time hoping a switch would click in her and she would become happy and see things the way my daughter and I see them. I sincerely feel this is where God wants my family right now, I don't want to lose my wife, what do I do. Pray that God gives me the insight to ensure that whatever I do, staying here or moving back to RI is really his will and not mine.
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