ST, I'm happy to hear your prayers are being answered
I was wondering what the sermon was about & if there could have been something your H heard that annoyed him at all?
IMHO, by not pressuring him to actually come to Church & not reacting to his moods, you're doing a wonderful job of showing your H love.
I know my wife expressed a desire to learn & get involved ith my faith last year - I kept fobbing her off saying I was not ready yet....so maybe your H will take time to feel comfortable?
Is there anything in particular your H says he does not like about coming to services?
Keep praying ST - I found the following on Tamashii's thread which I posted to him a while back & I pray it gives you some strength also:
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Dear Lord, we come to You because there is really no other place for us to go. We need the power of Your Holy Spirit to comfort us and enable us to let go of the pain to which we hold so tightly. Lord, sometimes it's so hard to believe that we could be in this difficult place ... how did things get so messed up? And, what is the way out of this tangled web of negative circumstances? We don't want to be negative but Lord You know our hearts ... You know our weakness. Lord, we do not know what to do but our eyes are on You. You and You only have the Words of life and truth. There is no one else to whom we can go for help.
Lord, sometimes it hurts so much that we really don't know how to let it go. Lately it's hard to hold up our heads for we are so discouraged under the weight of our circumstances. Right now just about everything that we see in the natural makes it look as if our prayers have not made their way to You. People around us are calling us crazy and telling us to just get on with our lives. Lord, even people in the church have said things that don't line up with what Your word says.
Father, we desire to follow You completely and whole-heartedly. We believe that Your Word clearly says that YOU HATE DIVORCE, therefore, Lord, we are choosing to STAND for the RECONCILIATION AND RESTORATION OF OUR MARRIAGES. Whatever it takes Lord, we desire to stand with You against divorce. Help us O Lord to do and say what it is that You would have us do and say. Lord, we ask that You would have mercy on us and that You might pour an anointing of strength and hope upon each of us to enable us to continue standing until such a time when You bring our mates home and heal our marriages.
Lord, we ask that even right at this very moment, You soften hard hearts and create in each wayward spouse the desire to have a right relationship with You. Create a restlessness and hunger that will not be satisfied until our beloved partners come to You in full surrender. Call in those who have backslidden from the North, South, East and West. They belong to You and Your Word says that NO ONE shall be able to pluck them out of your Hand. Re-enlist each backslider and cause them to take their appropriate place in Your Army so that Your Body will be able to function as You intended.
We STAND together Lord, beseeching Your help for each and every home represented by our partners. Father, the Honor, Glory and Praise goes to You forever and ever for all that You have done and all that You will do on behalf of the restoration of Your people.
Father, our desperate and grateful hearts thank You for Your intervention. In Jesus Name. Amen and Amen
