For the Guy with Kids and a WW 23

[hopeful4her]

Ok, so...no more hissy fits, right?

Beej, I could just see you throwing your hands in the air.

"OMG!!ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!!!"



In one of my conversations with her, I think it was that Tuesday that she was off and had gone to the food stamp office, she had mentioned to me that while she was waiting, she had taken a book to read. This had surprised me because she is not the type that reads books. When we were trying to make a go of the marriage two years ago, we had gone to a seminar by Gary Smalley and we had gotten several books written by various authors.

While she was ill, I had started reading a book to her by Max Lucado called, "Facing your Goliath". I think that was the name. She liked it but never finished it. I did. I started by reading to her in the hospital, but we never finished. GREAT book, by the way.

She never read them. She is not a reader. I can't recall her EVER reading a book other than some sort of a magazine. She has such a short attention span.

Anyway, that day I said, "A book? YOU? Reading a BOOK? Cut it out."
"Yes, me. I'm resolving to read more for the new year."

Yesterday, when I left off the girls, the book I got her by Victoria Osteen was on the coffee table and I could see a book mark in it. I noticed her carrying a book the other night when she got home on Monday, when I was in the parking lot telling D11 goodbye.

Thats a great sign for her. I've prayed that she would read any of the books that she has, including her bible. She got into her bible when she was in the rehab, and only slightly after she got home.

Actually, I need to start reading my bible more, too.

The only problem is, she changes the true meaning to go along with HER thoughts. The way ALL Waywards do, I'm sure. You know, the old, "God would WANT me to be happy" thing. Or "I talk to God too, in MY way."

I love Joel Osteen, but I don't think he touches on the HEALING of marriages. He speaks a lot to, "You may have had a marriage that didn't work out, but..." or "You may have had disappointments..".

Today, he did mention how he "is not for divorce, but he IS for divorced people." Picking themselves up, how God still has a plan for them, how they can rise and see better things in life. The closing of one door and the opening of another BETTER door. I wish he would speak on restoration more.
or "You may have had someone wrong you, but..."