Does anyone have a story of how God intervened and made a marriage work when only one person wanted it to? Like God softened the other persons heart and they went back to their spouse?
2007-01-25 12:07:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
i really would love to say yes because i want to make you feel better, but in my personal experience, it takes 2. not only to in order to get married, but both have to be willing to compromise, see things with humor, and be able to admit to being wrong most of the time <--- there usually is no right or wrong just opinions.
i do have a sister however that is staying with her husband out of faith. she had asked him for a divorce and had gone to look for another home,then, she went home and her husband was there and she asked if he even wanted her to stay. well they talked about what had gone wrong and have agreed that he has 1 yr to make her fall in love again and go back to being the man she married. she admitedly is not in love with him at this point because he has been doing things that hurt her deeply.
ex... their child was having open heart surgery and he went golfing with guys from work..... granted he needed the golf outing in order to get the new client but his child could have died. she just cant forget he chose money over his child.
ex... she came in from work and saw her husband literally kicking her 2 yr old in his back. you cant love someone that hurts your child.
ex... he has a business outside of his main job. he always says his money is going into the business.. he hides all their finacial things from her "because women need to let men worry about the business" and when she calls him, he is never where he says he will be. ok you are thinking like me... this dude is a cheater, but he has always been this way. he wont even vacation with his family.
the reason i told you all of this is for 1 thing... AFTER ALL OF THIS SHE IS STILL GOING TO LET HIM TRY TO REDEEM HIMSELF. but it is an uphill battle that he asked for the chance to fight.
2007-01-25 12:35:27 · answer #1 · answered by painfully yours 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have any specific examples in my marriage but my pastor and his wife have been conducting a marriage enrichment course at our church. It was really enlightening. He spoke of situations such as these and basically this is what needs to be done....
Make sure you have a relationship with Jesus Christ and make sure your actions conform to your role in the marriage. It is hard to be specific because I am not sure if you are male or female. Many times when you act the way you should, your mate will see something and his/her actions will conform.
Know that ALL things are possible through God. Make sure you are in line with His Word. Your marriage can be healed through Him.
I pray that things work out for you.
2007-01-25 12:20:25 · answer #2 · answered by Legal Eagle 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
A woman at my father's job would cry a lot because she was is the process of divorce with her husband. She did not want a divorce and she would pray and pray about it and read the Bible. Then one day she tells him that they are together again and he decided not to go through with the divorce and things seems to be better for them.
However I would advise, in some situations, if the spouse is generally not a good person, then just let them go. God gives us free will to choose who we what to be with and how we want to live our lives. If we choose wrong, we cannot blame God for the consequences that we suffer for choosing to be with the wrong person. Never stop praying - God does wonders, but also use the common sense that God has given us.
2007-01-25 12:20:41 · answer #3 · answered by Venus 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes i sure do.... I believe that with faith and prayer that God can heal a marriage. He is the only one who can change hearts and a person. We in ourselves do not have the power to change anyone or anything except for ourselves with Gods help. God helped save my marriage when we were first married and my husband made a mistake and hurt our marriage... But that is when i read the book the Power of a Praying wife and i stopped nagging my husband and shut my mouth and stopped grilling him and asking him why he did this to me and our marriage. God basically told me to hold my tongue and trust him and when i did that God changed my husband drastically and changed his heart and this really saved and restored our marriage. Forgiveness is very important in healing a marriage as well. I love this questin and topic... Thanks so much for asking it and bringing this up... God hates divorce and he wants us all to work on our marriages and he wants us to be the husband or wife in our marriage that He wants us to be! God designed marriage and it is beautiful when God is the center and head of the marriage and people put Him first!
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2007-01-25 12:21:53 · answer #4 · answered by Lady Hewitt 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i believe that God can do this, however, in my own case, He did not soften my ex husbands heart, but instead, healed my heart, and helped me to overcome the pain that i felt when he left me for another woman.believe me, there is no doubt that God was there to get me through. i wouldnt go back to the person i was before he(my husband) brought all this into my life. i am a happier and wiser person than before,though at the time, i didnt think i could ever heal. take heart, trust in Him ,and all will work out!
2007-01-25 12:22:00 · answer #5 · answered by DEBI M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god has been known to intervene, but not always. sometimes our prayers are not answered in the way we want, and we have to accept that too. yes i believed for awhile after he left to be with her, that god would indeed intervene, soften his heart and make him come home, so i prayed and prayed, but the next day while at work i looked out the door and saw a man with his back to me looked like my husband, standing by a new truck, in it was a girl, it was him, he was a wallpaper hanger and had come to my place of employment to do a job, my prayers were not answered, but answered with the truth of what was really going on. it did hurt but also it did make me see the truth, and right after that i filed for divorce, and left the area for good. i will never understand why my prayers weren't answered the way i wanted them to be, but i trusted that god knew things i did not, and i just had to trust him and how he wanted it. he showed me the truth, hard as it was to swallow i accepted it and moved on with life. don't think god likes divorce, but i do not think he can stop things either if it means interfering with the free will of another.
2007-01-25 12:21:07 · answer #6 · answered by jude 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
im leaving it to god what he wants he might have a better plan for my life than what i was in im still praying god knows all about what im going threw
2007-01-29 08:52:28 · answer #7 · answered by sweetgranny06 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hon, god couldn't care less what you or I do with our little lives... it just ain't that important......
2007-01-25 12:54:59 · answer #8 · answered by April 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
pat boon. (big singer back in the day) read up on him. good story.
2007-01-25 12:14:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure just yet? Still PRAYING..................and my divorce ended last year....................still praying................still praying.......
still praying.........................................and still praying........
2007-01-25 13:39:51 · answer #10 · answered by Skinz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋