Wife has filed for divorce

[jfsknight]

I would like to ask for prayer and also to glorify God for the work He is doing in my marriage.

My wife and I have been married for just over two years, and have been separated for eight months of that. I wasn't the man of God I should have been. I had an unforgiving spirit and didn't show her the love she needed. When she left it was an awakening that unfortunately I needed.

Her current situation is not the best though it may be better than it appears. I'd prefer not to go into any details.

So, I'd like everyone to agree with me in prayer that God's will is done in our lives, that He gives us the strength to resist temptation to be unfaithful or selfish, and that our hope and faith in Him only grow. Personally, I've been discouraged and tempted to despair over the last few months and I need prayer for the strength to carry on.

I praise God that this situation has caused me to seek Him earnestly and fervently like I never have before. I'd also like to praise God for opening up her heart as she and I had lunch on Tuesday and have plans for an activity tomorrow. Her severe allergies prevented her from that activity today.

Scripture is always helpful of course.

Thank you and God bless,
Jared

 

[Fellowservant]

Will be praying for you and your wife. Best advise i can give from scripture, is that a man should love his wife as Christ loved the Church, and gave himself for it. And Paul says to see that the wife shows reverence to her husband.

Eph 5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Eph 5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Eph 5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
Eph 5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.


Eph 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Eph 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Eph 5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Eph 5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence [her] husband.

God bless

 

[Boanerges]

I am joining in prayer for reconciliation and healing in this marriage.

 

[TheWidowsOffering]

I'm joining too.. The Lord bless your heart bro so with your wife...