I am right there with you going thru a similar event in my life. It's tough to see why marriages (specifically very challenged marriages) are worth fighting for until you feel the emptiness and despondency that comes alongside a broken union. There's just something more there that can't be qualified or felt. It's a spirit of righteousness found in families that doesn't have a worldly definition. And when we forfeit the blessing (as I am guilty of doing) I believe the deepest remorse and hurt felt is really the sorrow of God as He looks into another relationship where one or both parties could simply not trust Him enough with the outcome to take another small step toward restoration.

We celebrate a culture where independence and self-driven attitudes that seek personal happiness is taught and embraced as means to success in life. So given that perspective, it makes no sense to stay in a hurtful relationship. But that's where God wants to prove Himself to be the Mighty Hand of Grace and Fulfillment we all need to walk in Faith. We cry out so often, "where are you God??!!". It reminds me of how my youngest daughter cries and tells me, "I'm hungry, I'm hungry, I'm hungry..." right as I am working to prepare her food. She could get up and leave to find scraps of something less, but if she just waited, she could have a meal I always intended to give her...because I care about her and want her to have the best. She just has to learn to trust that...as do we all.

My husband is adament beyond reason to divorce me bc of my own failure in our marriage. I realize there are consequences I may have to endure as a result of that, but I have prayed endlessly that he will see what I now see...that God will glory from the most impossible of scenarios. That His will and His character is restoration. And that even though he does not HAVE to stick around to fix things, God desires testimony from the broken. For now, that's what I can offer to people who think I have no right to speak about marriage...no right to hope my family should be restored. I offer transparency and the lessons that come from acting on flesh and deceit. The lessons that speak so soundly about a God who has greater Purpose in marriage then just personal happiness. If God does not miraculously restore my own union, then I pray I can still--in some way--be a vessel to those who have shared similar hurts and doubts. Prayer will rescue the minds and hearts of marriages, but testimonies will give tangible hope for God's Promises.

I would love to be apart of the prayer chain. We all need prayer and need support from each other. I too commit...EmaDiane

Please pray for my husband and my self. I have fought hard for over 6 months and we have hit some bumps along the way. I still don't know what will happen. You will all be in my prayers as well.

I would like to be part of this prayer...I love my husband and want him back desperately...please pray...

I am praying for each of you and your families. My family is also being broken by divorce. I stand for my marriage and am on my knees everyday. Please add me to your lists.

Father in heaven, I ask you to please hear our prayers. Work in our lives,  We know all things are possible for you. Remind us Lord, that no matter how dark the storm is, you can calm it with a word. Praise you Jesus, for never leaving us, and for granting us peace in this time of crisis.

God Bless

I will whole-heartedly prayer for the families represented here, as well as for the institutions of marriage and family in general.

My foolishness and lack of a strong personal relationship with Christ have taken me to a dark and dire place and jeopardized what matters most to me in this world.

I know that divorce is a vile thing in God's eyes and will lift these situations up to him for repair and redemption.  It is no longer in our hands, it's God's will for our lives that matters most.

Michael