Please remember to pray daily and stand firm - this is the most difficult think I've ever had to do.
Praying for you by: Anonymous
My husband cheated on me and I have now been divorced for 7 years. I still love him, and wish I had continued to push past the pain back then. If I had known how I would feel now, the ache and want for my family back together, and I can't seem to hate my ex-husband. I still love him. I will pray for your marriage, and your peserverence to move past these difficult times. Sadly, we didn't seem to push over the difficult hump of infidelity, but it's possible, I've seen others do it, and now wish more than anything I had pushed through the pain and worked things out. You will be in my prayers for God to guide your marriage.
I'm Sorry by: Anonymous
Broken Hearted I am sorry for your pain. I pray that our God will grant to you strength, wisdom and courage as you work toward healing and trusting again. I will pray for you and your broken heart. God is with you. He says He is close to the broken hearted. I hope healing comes soon.
Love from a sister in Christ.
Mandi Sellars
Biblical Forgiveness by: Cherry Stoltz
I had to forgive my husband, too. This is what God taught me and now I am free:
Forgiveness is the act of pardoning another in spite of their error, sin, or shortcomings. It should never be withheld based on a wrong perception that the offender must first repent from their offence/s before we do so. It is God’s work to deal with them, not ours.
Unforgiveness affords us nothing but the fruits of bitterness, self-pity, judgementalism, suppressed anger, self-importance, guilt, and physical or emotional illness. It destroys us and prevents God from forgiving our sins. (Matt. 6:12, 14-15 & 18:23-35; Luke 6:37) Christ placed no limit to the amount of times we are to forgive another. (Luke 17:4) A forgiving spirit is a very effective witness to the world that we are true followers of Christ. (Matt. 5:43-48).
Forgiving is an act of the will. When we choose to forgive, God deals with all our residual feelings/emotions. Forgiving is making a decision to do things God’s way, sticking to that decision, and leaving the rest up to Him. It releases us from guilt and ongoing pain. Once we recognize that unforgiveness destroys us – emotionally, spiritually, and physically - it becomes easier to let go of our bitterness. In fact, we sin by being unwilling to forgive others. Remembering what God has forgiven us for helps us, in turn, to forgive others. (Psalm 103:12; James 2:10) When we truly forgive our abusers, we die to their controlling power in our lives and enter into real freedom. (2 Cor. 10:3-5)
Forgiving is not forgetting. Once we choose to forgive, God takes the sting from our bad memories. There is then no need to wipe the incidents from our minds. Rather, we are enabled to see our offenders as God sees them: precious sinners in desperate need of His forgiveness, justification and sanctification too.
