I have been reading your thread and have culled so much great information about you and your sitch and so many other great ideas I will be able to put into use immediately. TWO jump out at me right now.
FIRST: You seen in your mind your H praying on your side of your bed. His prayers brought you out of the wilderness and into the light. The story of your husband's strength and determination made my heart sing. I am re-invigorated. Gives me goose bumps. My prayers begin again in earnest with Amy's H's prayer regimen as my template. My W WILL allow me to come home. My W WILL welcome me with open arms back into our M. <shiver>
SECOND: Amy chimes in:
Quote: What the heck is going on here?
Look, MY will was to divorce my husband. There were no ifs, ands or buts about it. There is only ONE thing, ONE time in my whole life that I EVER fought anywhere near as hard as I am fighting now and that was when I fought to get OUT of this marriage. THAT fight is ONLY overshadowed by my fight to SAVE it. God showed me EXACTLY what turned the tide for me. It was my husband's prayers. I SAW it in my mind, my husband PRAYING BESIDE MY SIDE OF OUR BED. The furniture is completely moved around now. Even the bedding and wall hangings are different. When God showed me my husband praying I saw things as they were WHEN I WAS LOST. His prayers for me THEN are what got God's attention. His prayers, when I was hell-bent on divorce, started the course for the change of my OWN will. I only know that now. I had no clue what was going to happen. Everything I lived, did, said or planned was as a woman about to be happily divorced from her husband. I had NO IDEA I would EVER find myself standing for the restoration of my marriage.
I don't know what my husband prayed. But when I pray, I pray "WHEN he comes home....." NOT "If". "If" is a lack of faith.
I daily THANK God for the resoration of my family. I don't SEE that yet. But I will.
Things can happen to alter a person's own will. When they are walking separated from God, as I was, all that is needed is an intercessor. Someone to stand FOR His will, which is the salvation of our marriages.
New in his faith, my husband stood for the first 8 months we were separated and then 15 more when he came home. Unfortunately, I was still lost. But then things slowly began to change. And now, here I am.
Restored & standing and you better BELIEVE I AM CLAIMING God's WILL for my family. I will not leave a loophole by saying 'if', as if to leave an 'out' if it doesn't happen.
That is a complete lack of faith!
'WHEN' my husband comes home...NOT 'if'.
-------------------- "I must go through the valley, to stand upon the mountain of God". Third Day
THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO HIJACK YOUR THREAD AMY! To me, she is standing on her Rock of faith and believes wholeheartedly that her H WILL come home and does not pray "if" he will come home. I LOVE that. THAT is my kind of Rock solid faith that I need to rebuild my M and family on.
