Power of Prayer...........This is Worth the Read!

[angel61]

Your story is amazing, Glamgirl. I too believe in the power of prayer. In my relationship with H, we had always been close to God. When I first met H, I heard a voice tell me he was going to be important in my life, and true enough, we ended up married. We prayed to ask for our child, God told me she would be a girl, and would be the only one, and so is it.

One day in church I was kneeling and thanking God for my beautiful life when the thought that something would go wrong with our life crossed my mind. True enough, in a few months time H dropped the bomb. Somehow, through His guidance, I found the book by MWD and this site, and with the help of friends here managed to survive.

Many times God told me what to do and like you, I later on saw how He took care of me. I know this is all happening for a reason, there are lessons to be learned by both of us, and although at times faith wavers, and it is so hard to let go, stories like yours keep us going.

My latest encounter with God was when I was asking for a turning point, a miracle, and when I read the Bible, the date April 5th popped out to me. What happened then was that we found out around that date that my daughter was cutting herself. But out of that incident my H made a big turnaround and started to work on reviving a friendly and comfortable relationship with me, which so far has been working well. This is the longest we have gone without any major breakdowns and backslides, and daily our comfort levels with each other increases, including our relationship with D.

One of the things that I strive for is to really know how to listen to God. Sometimes I pray and then ask Him to guide me to a page or passage in the Bible (like the April 5th date), sometimes I have a sudden thought which I know is from Him, sometimes I even hear a voice (very rare, only once or twice in my life), and sometimes it is through other people (My D12, she gives me advice which is surprising for her age, then she tells me she does not know where it came from, just that it enters her head). I am afraid to miss His messages, when I am not listening, or when my life is doing well and I become lazy to pray.

How did it happen for you?

Punkin, I also felt that I was whining, but the Bible tells us to ask. I now ask for specific things, and always just stipulate that of course, it all depends upon His will, in the end, but that those where what I really wanted. Some of the verses are: Matthew 7:7-8 says "Ask, and it will be given to you... and Mark 11:24 says "all things for which you pray and ask,believe that you have received them..." and many others.

I still have so many things to pray for. I pray also thatH will love me again, that OW and H ties will be broken, that our family will remain together for always, that D won't be hurt any further.

Pray for us too, Glamgirl. I think you have a hotline to God!