Please pray that Gods will be done when my W talks to MB counselor the 1st time. 3-4 mths ago she said No to this. This is a change. thx

How exciting. Time really can heal. Wishing you all the love and happiness you deserve. Praying for you!

YES!! I will agree with you and ask that God guide this conversation. Hang in there - God is so good and I truly believe He wants only the best for us - not even what we once had, but ever so much more than we can dream of. I am praying. Kelli

Wow, this is exciting, LW! An answer to prayer...I'm still praying, but mostly lurking at your thread. You are so strong now, LW. I am so proud of you for coming so far through God's power!

Prayer: "Thank you, God, for providing the finances for LW to seek godly consel for him and his W. Lord, I pray you will continue to move in LW's W's heart to make her open to her H and your grace, Father. You are good. Amen."

LW, I would encourage you to pray over your wife in the morning when she is sleeping. MY H does this for me/us...sometimes I know he's there, sometimes I'm too sleepy to know...but when I'm aware, it means so much...even though we are still going through recovery--from trust issues on both sides--and have our up-and-down days, it's a reminder that not only my H is looking out for me, but a physical reminder that Christ is, thru my H. And a reminder of why God intended us for one another.

By the way, I'm formerly "artchick".

God bless.

TuckerSophie, Kellidiane, PacificPrincess,

Thanks for caring and your prayers! I just called my pastor and he is praying too.

BTW, good to hear from you "artchick", uh I mean PacificPrincess. Thx for letting me know who you were. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

Praise GOD, Loyal.
You know i have to offer agree with you that things go according to GOD's will after you prayed for me the other day. We all stand for you, with you. GOD is being faithful to you, continue to be faithful to him.
Ecclesiastes 4
12 Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken
good luck, man. look forward to the praise report.

Hey there LW,

What time Wed.? I'm sure we're in different time zones so I want to make sure I know what time to pray for her.

jonah,

You're sounding a little better than earlier today. That verse from Eccl. 4 was probably helpful for you too huh?

kelli,

Have you and your H doing better since your H sent the e-mail to OW? Still praying for you two.

S&C

Jonah and S&C,

Thanks you guys! The phone call is 7 A.M. CST
this Weds, Oct 23.

Jonah, I really like the Eccl reference. I will read it tonight.

thx again!

Loyal,
I'll be on the road to work at the time, but you and your wife and marriage will be in my prayers...Don't forget to give us the praise report. We are with you.

Loyal,
Good morning, you were in my prayers this morning as I am sure you were in the prayers of others. See this as a breakthrough, and continue to love your wife in spite, that is where i am struggling, but i am, we are with you. Praise God. Can't wait for your post.

Jonah,

Thanks so much for your prayers. W did not say anything after her call w/MB and I will not ask her how it went. She does not want any pressure so I won't know how it went until my meeting w/MB
counselor tomorrow at 10:00AM CST. thx.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

Take it as a good sign that she is will to meet tomorrow Loyal. I'll be praying for you tomorrow as well, you say at 10:00. Please pray continue to pray for me as well, my wife is trying to pull further away and isolate herself, and i am trying to love her inspite but it is getting harder.

LW,

It may be a good thing she didn't say anything about the call. Hopefully she was given something to think about. My W is always silent after someone with credibility with her told her she needed to do certain things.

I'd almost think she'd be quick to tell you if she felt you have been totally wrong and she hasn't done anything wrong.

Yes, it's a good thing not to push her on the subject (IMO). Just let God work on her and keep praying for her (as I know you are). She maybe expecting you to ask her about it and it'll re-enforce her perception of you smothering her. Does she know you will have your session tomorrow? She may wait until after that to say anything. And there's maybe some other reasons she hasn't said anything yet.

Don't fret over it. God is in control. As if you didn't know that already. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="images/icons/grin.gif" />

Talk to ya later.

S&C

Jonah and S&C,

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> Does she know you will have your session tomorrow? She may wait until after that to say anything. And there's maybe some other reasons she hasn't said anything yet.
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">No she doesn't know, unless S. Harley told her. I will post back tomorrow after
my session w/Steve. Guys please pray for me, I am feeling weary of the battle. thx

LW,

You know, I've been feeling the same way the last couple of days. So here's my take on it. We know the enemy is fighting against our M's right? When you watch a football game and the team that has the ball is behind and the 2 minute warning is signaled what do they do? They go into their "Two Minute Drill". In a nutshell they are fighting with everything they have to be victorious. They pull all the stops, don't hold anything back right? We'll I think that the enemy knows that he's losing these battles for our M's and is starting to fight harder.

He started messing with me first and I listened. Then he went for my W and she listened. Now that I know about the A I turned back to God for help. So the enemy turned up the heat on my W. I kept going to God. The enemy is losing, so he's turned his attention back to me and my W's place of work. He's making me feel like things aren't getting better and has set it up for my W to work late (w/ OM). I'm just going back to God in prayer and keep finding ways to meet her EN's. (hehe, she's not going to believe the anneversary gift she's going to get next month.) Oooops I'm off track here. Anyway, I just think the enemy is turning up the heat on us because of our Wed. fasting and praying and because we won't give up and God is honoring that. And he's honoring YOU.

Have strength in the Lord my friend. You will not be weary, you will mount up on wings of eagles.

Laterz'

S&C

S&C,

Thank You for those words of encouragement. I feel better that I acknowledged I was weary to you guys. I told my friend who I saw last night that I felt W was calling all the shots and I feel like a wimp sometimes. He said to me "I don't see it that way". That helped me too.

I told him that marriage problems are at epidemic levels in our society. I told him about the MB site with all the hurting people. I never knew this site existed before Apr this year. I have come to realize through this that I have so much to learn about marriage and how to be successful at it! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

Thank you again! When one of us is weary our friends can hold up our arms and we will continue to win the battle.

I am going to pray Stormies prayers before I go home tonight... thx

You know Loyal, as i was praying this morning and the prayer intensified I too got weary and tired. I had been up sometime earlier reading the word and praying for your M and the session today, isn't it ironic. Well, 15 minutes into my ride to work, I began to feel the fatigue, weariness coming upon me, then I realize it was from the enemy, as my prayers grew more intense the more fatigue i felt and i could have chalked it up to being up alittle later last night or getting up earlier in the morning, but something in my spirit told me it was not that. SO I PRESSED in HARDER in prayer and asked GOD for strength and would you know it, GOD is so good, the fatigue and weariness left me. I asked for energy, strength and endurance and it was given to me... I will be praying again for you tomorrow brother be encouraged, be very encourage... "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today"

Jonah,

Thanks for those prayers this morning. I will remember you specifically tonight. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="images/icons/smile.gif" />

MB friends,

Had my appt w/S. Harley today. W said marriage is basically on hold. Shes not ready to open herself up to me yet emotionally. Steve said in the progress of things she is where he would expect her to be. I prayed Gods will be done. This is what I was supposed to hear. thx

LW,

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial"> W said marriage is basically on hold. Shes not ready to open herself up to me yet emotionally. Steve said in the progress of things she is where he would expect her to be. I prayed Gods will be done. This is what I was supposed to hear. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">You're doing well. She felt safe enough to take your suggestion and talk to SH. As long as she is making progress then she's moving in the direction you want her to go. Meeting her EN's is what got her where she is from where she was. Just keep being consistant in meeting her ENs. It sounds like her session with SH wasn't negetive for her. That's a plus.

Little by little my friend. My prayers are with you both.

S&C