Friday my wife is moving out of our house into an apartment. She is going to take my six year old daughter with her. I don't want her to leave but she says it is the only hope she sees in our marriage staying together. I fear that she will continue her affairs with other men. She openly admits she doesn't love me anymore and says she doesn't think she ever did. Please pray for her, my daughter and myself. This is soooooooooo hard. Everyday is a struggle. Two weeks ago I went to the doctor who put me on anti-depressent drugs. The reason I went is because I started having thoughts about taking my life. If anyone is having these same thoughts go and see a doctor and ask people to pray for your situation. We are not alone God is with us. God bless you all.

Hopefulone:<BR> I just wanted to respond to your post to let you know you are not alone. Others are here, and the Lord is here, and He knows your heart is breaking. Sometimes we need to have a broken heart to heal properly, and for God to "fix us" before he begins work on our WS's. <BR> Dear Lord, thank you that Hopefulone is now taking medication and will soon be feeling better. Please hold him close to you, Lord, and comfort his breaking heart. You know our hearts, and thoughts, Lord, since you created us! You know how much we can endure even more than we ourselves do. Please hold him up through this Lord, and give him your assurance that this trial is for a little while, and then you will lift it off his shoulders. Please show him your Hand, and speak to his heart, Lord, to stay close to you, and teach him to pray without ceasing for his WS to hear your voice, too, and come home to stay. In the most powerful name in the universe we pray and believe these things. in the Name of Jesus and for His glory, we believe. Amen

Hopeful1, I am so sorry. <P>This is so hard. So terrible, I know. I agree with you 100% about antidepressants.<P>I hope that in your case you do have a lawyer who can ensure your visiting rights. Maybe you don't need one right away, but find out your rights. You are the parent here. Your wife is not able to give your daughter the moral guidance she needs. That must be so devastating for you.<P>I am in a similar situation, having a just-turned 7 year- old daughter. But I have her in my house so I feel she is protected. I don't want her to spend the night at my husband's because his OW (I should call her OB- Other baby, she is so young and out of it) sleeps there and I don't want my sweet girl living in a place of sin.<P>But your daughter is going to see you get better. She is going to see how you have the joy of the Lord despite all of this. You can explain your hopes, your joy, your sadness to her and let her witness how the Lord changes you, how He takes care of you.<P>Teach her about her guardian angel and write down some prayers she can say every night or whenever she is sad. Get a cell phone if you can so she can call when she needs to hear your voice. Her loving relationship with you will set her up for a life of happiness and choosing the right man.<P>If you can, find someone or a church who lays hands for healing and ask for spiritual and mental healing. I am getting so much better - I just stopped taking antidepressants (after 3-4 months) 'though I have to take lithium at least till I am really sure I am healed and this will take time.<P>You need a lot of rest. Maybe her leaving will allow you to sleep better. I sleep much better with my husband out of the house. The tension is gone when he is not around.<P>I am much sorrier that you don't have your daughter every day but I truly believe your daughter is so lucky to have you and you must get well for her. <P>You are so great and a man who loves and is honorable is so hard to find today. Your daughter will fall in love with you all over again when she sees how upright you are and how caring. <P>The Lord will bring your family back together and with it 100 extra fruits so please, hang in there. I am with you, too.<P>Virtual hugs--- ;-)<BR>T<P><BR>

Jesus, tomorrow is the day Hopeful's wife is planning to leave with their daughter.<P> Friday is the day You were crucified. Hopeful is sharing in Your pain and suffering.<P>Lord, allow this strong Christian soldier to feel Your love. Allow his daughter to be brave. Help Hopeful to give it to You - the whole situation and his family. They are in Your hands. You are in control. You are in the driver's seat. Help him not to backseat drive but to trust that You know the right roads to recovery and that You will restore this marriage and build it on Your rock so that it will withstand all attacks.<P>Jesus, I love you. Thanks for allowing us to share our experiences and prayers and healing. I know You will restore all the marriages which are put in Your hands according to Your will and timing. Please grant us the peace of knowing Your will and pour out Your Divine Mercy on Hopeful and his daughter and lost wife. All glory, praise and honor to You, Lord and to Your Sacred Heart, Your Holy Spirit and God the Father and Creator.Amen.

Dearest Hopefulone,<BR>I'm very concerned for you and your situation. You did the right thing by getting some help with your doctor. It's so devastating to the family and friends left behind when someone takes his/her own life. Even though you are at a low point in your life and maybe feel that nobody would care anyway, YOU ARE SOOOOO WRONG. You have family and friends who would NEVER understand WHY you felt it was the best thing to do when it certainly is NEVER the best thing. Your little girl would never understand or forget the hurt. I'm so sorry that you are in so much pain with your wife leaving and taking your daughter. I agree you should check with a lawyer. You have rights as a father too. I will pray earnestly for you and you should know that you are never alone, especially with your love and faith in GOD and with your friends and family. Life does go on, even if we don't understand all of our trials and pain. YOU WILL survive this pain and YOU WILL make it. YOU HAVE TOO AND YOU WILL.

Dear Lord, I pray you will be with Hopefulone today and everyday as he experiences the tremendous pain of his wife leaving with his daughter. You know what is in his heart and the pain he is suffering. I pray you will help him feel your presence and know he is not alone during this difficult time in his life. I pray for his daughter that she will continue to know that her daddy loves her very much and will always be there for her no matter what the outcome. I pray that she will feel security soon. Please give Hopefulone the strength he needs to carry on. Please help him to make it during this ordeal. Please help his wife to seek your help also. In His Holy Name, Amen

Holy Jesus, You are so sweet. I know You must be so sad to see the pain that Hopeful is going through. You cried over Lazarus too, and then You called him back to life. Lord, I truly believe that this marriage will be restored in You. I don't know when, but I know that You are so happy to restore our marriages. Please grant us all the patience to wait and to see that we need to work on ourselves before we can have a marriage like the one You intended. Thank you, Lord, for not giving up on us.<P><BR>