My second husband and I were married almost 10 years. He was like a father to my two children. They never had a chance to know their biological father. We were devastated when I found out he became involved with someone I thought was a friend, who also happened to be my superior! I wanted to run and hide. My coworkers encouraged me to walk with my head held high. It was incredibly painful and difficult. I grieved and cried out to the Lord each night. He was so faithful to pour upon me His grace to work in that environment each day and do my job well. Although I have chosen to forgive, I have asked the Lord to release me from this area and my job. In time He will. For now he continues to provide the “great grace” I need to be “more than a conqueror.” I give Him all the praise!
My “higher ground story”…
2 weeks after our daughter was born my husband was called to do a six month deployment over seas. He returned and then was called out again to do another 4.5 month deployment. My prayer was that God would create a bond between my daughter and her daddy whom she never really knew. He returned just in time for her 1st birthday. Mariah was SO scared of her daddy she cried everytime he came close to her. It broke his and my heart over and over everytime this would happen. I knew that with diligent prayer and love that God would soften both of their hearts. I assured my husband that Mariah loved him and she needed him to shower her everyday and in everyway. After some time….God blessed my husband and our daughter with a relationship that’s forever strong! Not a day goes by that when I see those two play..that I don’t thank God for His never ending devotion and love to us and for giving my husband what he needed…his baby girl!
I had come to a point in my life that my soul was growing stale, I knew something had to be done as I prayed, God led me to start an email bible study group. We have been studying God’s word through email for over 4 years now. This is just the strength that my soul needed at the time and continues to strengthen me now.
I went on a mission trip to Poland this year and it was very hard work, but God just showed his power the whole time! AWESOME!
I have strugled through a relationship for the past five years and I have felt God’s comfort in my lowest moments. After a weekend surrounded by music and Christians I went to church to have a guest speaker ask who God was to me. Of course I thought savior, redeemer, father, etc. Later that day, feeling lonely due to having no boyfriend to turn to I had this calming and excitement to get lost in God and his presence. It was then that I realized who God is to me, my best friend. He truly redeems us, the ONE and only one we can trust in, and will never leave us. God is EXACTLY who you need him to be in your time of need!
