My husband's financial plans have brought us to near-ruin, although he is still counting on high-risk investments to pull us out 'any day now'.....<BR>I am asking that he sell a vehicle that we owe $9,000 on and is beyond our means.....I am the only wage earner. <BR>I have been trying to stay out of the Holy Spirit's way of dealing with my husband, and wonder if I should continue to let him make these unwise, devastating decisions -- if it's what's needed to bring him to submission and obedience to the Lord, then I don't want to be in the way. At the same time, I feel responsible as I see our pension savings, our sons' education funds gone, and our home the next on the chopping block. If he had Alzheimer's, I know I wouldn't let him have authority. Is spiritual deception any different? Anyone have any scriptural help here for me? I'm finding nothing that seems to relate to my position.<P>------------------<BR>Committed

You see a person who is drowning, and is about to pull down his family with it. While this is self-destructiion on your part, it is also a test of your own faith. God's light should shine outwards from his children the same way a lighthouse does to save ships.<P>I myself had to completely bottom out before I realized I needed God back in my life. This person may still be sliding on his downward-spiral, and won't bottom out until he has lost everything: his credit, his home, his children, his wife, etc...<P>I am also in a relationship with a self-destructing person. I have given that person an ultimatum in order to bring them out of their fantasy world and back towards reality. I have told my STBXW that she either seek help alone or with me, or else I am getting a divorce. To back up this statement, I filed the divorce petition and had her served the papers. This doesn't say that the divorce will go through. It only shows that I am serious about this. It is all done in a caring and loving manner. "God loves you and so do I; however, this is not the Christian environment I want myself or my child to live in."<P>You are indeed being tested. The DEvil may have a hold of your H, but what he really wants is to get ahold of you.<P>This is my view...I'm not saying take this serious an action...I am only giving you my opinion and story.