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Time for a new thread.

Here is the link to my previous thread:

My M has been DB'd

I would like to thank everyone who posted on my last thread with all of your kind words. I feel very blessed for a multitude of reasons. If you find inspiration from my sitch, please know that I am no different than you. Embrace this time that your spouse has given to you as a gift to become the best person that we should always aspire to become despite our circumstances.

How did you hold out hope?

Prayingmomma, I noticed that this has been your only post. Since you are being moderated, it got buried in my last thread. Hopefully you are reading and will post often and utilize what this site has to offer.

I’ll share a post that I wrote on my FB wall earlier this year.

It isn't a matter of how or when life will put us on our knees, because it will. It is how and what we do to overcome life's obstacles to become better people in the face of the storms.

It is always a matter of perspective.

What I do know, the one constant in life is God and his unconditional love. I believe it. I embrace it.

Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Life is great with God's abundant love and blessings.

If you read back on my threads, there was a point that I didn’t have any hope for my M. It was when I accepted that my M was over and embraced my new life without my W that I completely detached. It took over a year to get to that point.

I did know that I was going to be fine no matter the outcome of my M. I’m a glass half-full type of guy. There is always a silver lining to every situation. Do what is within your control and leave the rest up to God.

Here is an email from a really dear friend that really struck a chord with me.

Something that has REALLY helped me this past while is a revelation which says:

“And he who receiveth all things with gratitude, the same will be made glorious. . .”, now, He didn’t say just be grateful for the good things, He said be grateful for all things (even the painful ones) because they help us learn and grow and like you said become humble. I’ve found that when I do that I tell myself, “O.K., the Lord wants me to learn some things, I don’t know what they all are right now so I’ll just have to trust Him that whatever happens it will be for my good and I’ll be a lot better person when it’s all over.

That attitude has turned some challenging situations into very positive experiences for me.

This helped me out tremendously. I hope it will help some of you.

I need to update my sitch and I will continue share many of the things that helped me along the way.