I have been studying the articles and discussion boards on this site for several months, but this is the first time I've posted.
I truly believe that God gifts each of us different ways, and while I know that He hears all of our prayers, some of us are better at prayer than others. Maybe I wrong, but I have lost the feeling of really being in touch with Him when I pray.
My husband and I have been married 8 years. I have a strong commitment to be the best wife and mom I can be , but I have never been able to meet his expectations. He informed me six weeks after our 7 year old was born that he dosen't love me , never really did love me, and had absolutely no desire or ability to ever love me. He is adamant about this to this day.
Needless to say, it has been a really rough 8 years. I have made many, many mistakes and so has he. Right now I am struggling with depression and spiritual burn-out. I've stopped going to church and my prayer life has suffered.
My husband was baptized a Christian as a teenager, but I'm not sure he understood what he was doing, or has ever really felt God's love and power. I don't mean to judge him, but I'm afraid he doesn't feel like God is really there.
We have lived apart for the past year, but we have been emotionally seperate forever. There has been no sexual infidelity that I know of. He still likes to have sex with me, he just dosesn't like me or respect me at all.
He throws the word "divorce" around as if it were a chew toy for the dog.
Being that he has absolutely no emotional or spiritual commitment to our marraige, it seems that he intends to divorce me as soon as he finds a financially advantageous time to do so. (He says he's doing it in the next few weeks.)
We've tried counseling a couple of times, always with his intent being negitiation of a peacefull divorce, my insistance that we can learn to have a happy marraige if we learn to work together with God's blessing.
I am no saint, I have messed up alot, but how can our situation be hopeless if God's promises for marraige are true?
Please pray for God's will to be done for our family! We have two wonderfull daughters together, and they know how God feels about divorce. This is very hard for them to understand.<p>Thanks to each of you who take the time to help us!

My prayers are with you.

May the Lord walk with you and your children in your time of need.

Put the Lord first in your life and he will carry you through these troubled times.

Blessings to you and your family.

Wallace

Thank you, Wallace. <p>I appreciate your willingness to include us in your prayers at a time when I'm sure you are suffering too. <p>I read a couple of your previous posts. <p>I am sorry for the troubles you and your
family are going through. <p>I will pray that your wife will get the help that she needs, and that God will comfort you all during this painfull time.<p>Thank you again, for your kindness.

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Thank you, bachelor's wife for your kindness as well.

I believe if it is God's will, my wife will get the help that she truly needs.

It appears that we live in troubled times. I believe that we must put the Lord first, and allow him to give us the strength and guidance to help us through these painful experiences that we are enduring at this time.

The Lord does not like D. however in my case, I was left with little choice at this point in time.

May the Lord soften the heart of those we love, and guide them to the righteous path.

I truly hope for you and your family, as well as mine... that the Lord will allow our family's the ability to put our marriages back together.

If it is God's will, so it will be done.

Blessings to you and your family.

Wallace