WAW Using God II

[thegoodfight]

Pigskin,

I will take a limited biblical approach with some things you have mentioned. A couple verses come to mind from the Gospel, why do you seek to remove the spec from your brothers eye when you have a plank in your own. We should rule our emotions not allow the emotions to rule us. Peace and prosperity, do not judge others for you will be judged. Forgive one another so the Father can forgive you! Paraphrases of course.

Now as you being a man of faith you understand God's word is the law. The bible is the inspired word of God and the commandments are the law. Apart from being blasphemous of the Holy Spirit all sins are forgiven given true repentance. God's grace is not a license to sin, so given your wife's apparent interpretation of Christianity we can see the flaws in her thinking, based on the word.

I saw a poster mention the screwtape letters by CS Lewis I would whole heartadly agree it is worth a read and may help you with forgiveness. If you believe the word then you know how she is being manipulated and tempted, not that she still isn't responsible, but that she is also being lied to. Given the meds and history of depression I would say she is also even more supseptable to such temptations. You have stated you have given this to God and you are looking for his answer. His answer will come in his time not ours, this can be very frustrating and cause doubt in our mind. Do not let it, praise the Lord for he is preparing you for something else, he is building up your patience and perserverance. Even the most evil things he will work for good.

"He" did not intend for this to happen to you I am sure he suffers just as all of us suffer in our own trials. Why he allows it, I don't know. But take this trial for what it is and know he will comfort you and answer your prayers. By the book, it warns us against being equally yoked with a non believer, it also states if a non-believer leaves a believer you have every right to take another wife. Also adultrey is a terrible sin in the Lords eyes and the he "hates" divorce because it breaks up and seperates the family.

I believe I can say, he would want you to use patience, perservance, and employ forgiveness if she were to repent and denounce her sin against God and you and the family! Just don't let the bitterness eat you up, this is the wicked ones playground. Also you are right God would not want you dating other women while you are still married because we do not know how he will answer or when he will answer your prayers. Plus two wrongs do not make a right no matter how good they feel at the time.

I feel for you brother as all on this board do, things are easier said than done, but know you are not alone in your trials and we are loved no matter how difficult it is to believe it when things like this happen in our lives.

Peace and Prosperity to you and your family!

Take rest in if she does not come back it is because the Good Lord knows she will not be able to stay true and would not want to put you through this again. But if she repents and comes back take it before him again and he will lead you to where you should go for the answer.