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thanks SMW!!! Those are good ideas. I wish I was more technological.

Here is an email I received, an encouraging one.

For those of you who are new, my name is Judy Rousseau and my husband Paul and I are blessed to be enjoying life in a restored marriage. (Paul’s been home since April of 1995 after a three and a half year separation. If you’ve not read our story, you can find it here: http://www.voxtrot.org/Paul&Judy.html)



Today I’d like to ask you a few questions …



Have family and friends said things like:

You need to move on and find someone else who will love you the way you deserve to be loved …

Get a backbone and stand up to that good-for-nothing you married …

Get over it, divorce happens …

I saw your husband (or wife) with the other person and they looked so happy …

Why do you want your husband (or wife) back? He (or she) doesn’t want you …



Have you heard your husband (or wife) say:

Look, I just don’t love you anymore and I’m not happy …

We’re too very different people … and probably shouldn’t have gotten married in the first place …

Lots of people get divorced, what’s the big deal …

This person I’m involved with loves me much more than you ever did …

I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again … I’M NEVER COMING HOME …



Have you heard comments like this from people in the church:

God can only do so much …

Reconciliation may not be possible in your case …

Maybe this is God’s way of bringing someone better into your life…

God only helps those who help themselves …

Remember your husband (or wife) must be willing to change …



And how about the thoughts rolling around in your head. Things like:

I must be crazy. Maybe I made this whole standing thing up …

This is so painful I can’t take it anymore …

I can’t figure out any way this mess I’m in can ever change …

I’m so tired of living like this …

What difference will it make if I give up …





If you’ve thought some of those thoughts and heard some of the comments mentioned above, I want you to know I HEARD AND THOUGHT THOSE THINGS TOO!!! But you know what???????? I’m not there anymore.



God did work a miracle of restoration for Paul and I but he worked it out through a process of time. What He did for us, He is well able to do for you and your family.



Even though it’s difficult to do, stop focusing on your circumstances, the things people say and even on the way you feel. Be like David and encourage yourself in the Lord by meditating on His Word. Refuse to let your mind wander off into an endless list of worries.



Dear brother, dear sister, press on. You are so not alone even though it may feel like it at times. The Lord has seen your tears and heard your cries. He has not forgotten you. He loves you and His plans for you are GOOD.



Well I gotta get some tax paperwork done and postmarked before the end of the day so I’ll close for now.



I’ll write or podcast again soon.



Lots of love,



Judy Rousseau