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thats great news. I think about you alot!!! 
Thanks!! Keep them coming…this really made me feel better.Everything’s Going to Be All Right!
by Joyce Meyer
Did you know that God wants to make a trade with you? He has a standing offer every minute of every day and it’s amazing how few of us actually take Him up on His offer. He wants you to give Him all your cares, your problems, and your failures. In return He will give you His peace and joy. On top of that, He promises to protect and take care of you.
God really does want to take care of us, but in order to let Him, we’ve got to stop trying to take care of ourselves and worrying about every little thing we can’t control. Many people would like for God to take care of them, but they insist on worrying or trying to figure out an answer on their own, instead of waiting for God’s direction. They wallow around in puddles of their own worry, wondering why God doesn’t give them peace. God will give us peace, but we must first give Him our worries.
We give God our worries by trusting that He can and will take care of us. By trusting God, we are able to rest in Him, knowing that He has the situation well under control. Worry, on the other hand, is the opposite of trust. Worry steals our peace, wears us out physically and can even make us sick. If we are worrying, we are not fully trusting God, and we’ll never be able to experience His peace.
What a great trade! We give God our worry—He gives us His peace. We give Him all our cares and concerns, and He gives us His protection, stability, and joy. That is the privilege of being cared for by Him.
Because He cares for us, He wants us to live in peace and not all tied up in knots of worry. He has ways of guiding us toward peace, if we are alert enough to sense His direction.
Imagine that you are driving down a road. Along the way, there are roadside signs that provide direction or give warning. If you pay attention to the signs and follow the words, you will be able to drive on that road and safely reach your destination.
In the same way, on the road of life there are spiritual signs along the way. In order to stay under God’s protection, you must obey these signs that tell you to trust Him and not to worry. Don’t be afraid, have courage. If you’ll pay attention to these signs, you’ll find that it’s easy to stay on course. You will experience the protection, peace and joy that only God can provide.
However, if you fail to heed the signs, you may notice that the road seems a little bumpier than usual and you’re not as confident in your ability as you once were. You may become anxious about the unknown things waiting around the corner, and you may even veer off the road.
Anxiety affects us like a double portion of worry. It’s an uneasy feeling that lingers like a haze, even after we think we have dealt with it. Once we disregard the signs and go our own way, we are moving in the direction of fear–especially fear of tomorrow and fear of the unknown. The result is anxiety.
Anxiety is like putting on a heavy coat on a hot summer day. It weighs you down. It’s difficult to move, and it’s stifling to wear. According to Webster’s Dictionary, anxiety is “a state of being uneasy, apprehensive, or worried…” Sometimes this uneasiness is really vague—something we just can’t put our finger on. All we know is that we are uneasy.
You and I don’t need to be anxious about tomorrow when we have all we can handle today. Even if we manage to solve all our problems today, we will just have more to deal with tomorrow…and even more the next day.
Why waste time worrying when it is not going to solve anything? Why be anxious about yesterday, which is gone, or tomorrow, which hasn’t arrived yet? Trade your worries in today for God’s peace. Remember, everything’s going to be all right!
this is a beautiful quote and i will remember this forever…Anyway, the one thing that i used to mutter to myself as I would sit in bed and sob every night was that “this is where God wants me to be”. For whatever reason, I still have no clue, but this is where I was supposed to be at that period of my life. It gave me so much comfort. I still say that to myself when things aren’t going well.
Hugs.
pray the rosary my dear… Mother Mary will protect you and him…I have talked with a therapist…it was hard to hear all of the things that he had to say. I understood what he was saying but can I really do this…I told him everything about the drugs about him still needing to talk to her to try to get completly rid of her. He told me that this is common . I told him that I needed him to have no contact with her and he agreed but also said that it takes several times of them meeting before it is completly over. He said you cannot fix this on your own and on a schedule. This is me I plan everything! He said it sound like you have done and are doing everything that needs to be done on your side. He said now let him fix his side. You can’t make him he needs to do it and if you keep hounding him that it needs to be done NOW it usually pushes them away. He said it sounds like he is making an effort to try to work things out and thats what you want to see. He asked me if I could see things changing and I said yes I see a huge change but he still needs to talk to her. He said please have patience. This takes time he said as long as you continue to see things changing he’s heading in the right direction. You’ll see, he will figure out that he doesn’t want anything to do with her but YOU can’t figure it out for him he needs to do that. I asked him so what am I suppose to do while he tries to figure things out…just sit here and let him talk to her…this is hard Lord please give me strength…He told me no you need to start dealing with these emotions you are having and try to resolve issues in yourself. Try to continue your everyday life with your daughter. I ask him if I should leave him while we go thru this. He said sometimes its best but he said if he is still coming home and trying to improve things let him. Let him show you how he is going to fix things. He said you’ll know… He told me to stop driving around like a crazy women looking for him or for her. He said you are giving their realtionship to much attention. He said STOP!!! You are only hurting youself. I asked so how much time do I give him. He said its different for everyone. He said some still deal with their lover 6 months after. I SAID 6 MONTHS! I can’t do this for six months. He said that doesn’t mean that he’s with her for six months that just means he is still dealing with feelings but if you continue to see a postivie change your way he will get over her. Oh friends this is so hard. I am a planner I plan everything and I expect things to go in a timely manner. Help me Lord! I know I wanted this to be over by now. In my mind we should be in a recovery stage not in a withdrawl stage. The therapist said once he realizes that he doesn’t need her anymore…that is when he should never have contact with her ever again. He said its an addiction and it takes time…He also said that if I did not continue to see a change that then I would need to decide if I wanted to continue this marriage but he said that is not a decision you want to make in just a two month period of time. He said give him the opportunity to fix and make things better. Please continue to pray for us, pray for me and strength and patience to get thru this. Lord I hand it all over to you I don’t want this anymore. Take my pain, anxiety, fear and obsession on this. Please keep holding my hand Lord…You guide me. May it be your will not mine. Help me to understand that I cannot fix this alone and that I need patience. PLEASE PRAY FOR US!!!
These are the things he is saying…He doesn’t want to hurt or be cruel to her. He also says that he needs to deal with feelings with her so he can completely be rid of her. And that is the reason for him having to see her. He says that he doesn’t want her that way anymore and that he chooses me and our marriage. This is hard for me…I have talked to a priest and he said the same thing that it would take a while for this to be resolved. That I was not to expect it to go away overnight. He said for me to pray and have faith and trust in the Lord. He said to put it all in the Lords hand and let his will be done. This is hard too… Me and my husband do pray and I feel him true but it absolutly kills me that he has to deal with emotional feelings he has with another women. A women he says he loves…ouch! I have tried everything to try to reconcile…expect for taking the advice of the therapist and the priest. So my new thing is to not give their relationship anymore attention and try to get myself back on track and let him fix the mess without me hunting him down all the time. Please continue to pray for me. It is extremly hard to not drive around like an idiot looking for my husband…Pray that I may let this all go to the Lord and not feel that I need to fix it.I will pray for you tonight and it’s going to be quite soon since it looks like a nightly trip to the church garden is coming because of my own issues with an ex-girlfriend.
I don’t know how much experience you’ve had with getting over people (I’m assuming that women have more experience with seeing people get over them than men do, while men have more experience in getting over someone, but I may be wrong and I’m aware I’m generalising), but I can tell you that the relationship being over doesn’t mean feelings being over or sorted. It’s possible your husband realises it’s done for and over with, but still doesn’t want to do it in the style of, “bye bye, I’m coming back to my wife,” that some irresponsible men use to ditch girls they have extramarital affairs with. I’m not sure if you can see some good sides of his not wanting to hurt her (if that’s true), but I’m sure you wouldn’t like him to be cruel or rude, as much as you would like him to cut all contact and never feel anything special for that woman or express anything. I think if I were cheated on by hypothetical wife, I would still hate her to trash a guy. Also, if he needs contact with her for his own healing, it may feel like allowing him to have “something” with that woman, but I think he’s better healed than longing. You surely don’t want him ever missing her. The therapist knows what he’s talking about, but I think you shouldn’t take his words in absolute terms if you aren’t comfortable with them and maybe you should ask another therapist what he thinks of it, if that would make you feel better. Can you approach a priest for some spiritual direction as to what to do on the side of prayer, maybe praying together with your husband, convincing him to pray hard to be freed of the affliction of that attraction? I don’t feel comfortable giving advice in that area, but a priest is an expert in that and called to do so.![]()
I’d give hime six minutes then tell him to take a hike. I feel bad for you. I suppose the best I can do is pray.. I SAID 6 MONTHS! I can’t do this for six months. He said that doesn’t mean that he’s with her for six months that just means he is still dealing with feelings but if you continue to see a postivie change your way he will get over her. …PLEASE PRAY FOR US!!!
I’m sorry, but you are a far better woman than I because if my husband said this to me, I think I’d throw something at him!Love31;1968585]These are the things he is saying…He doesn’t want to hurt or be cruel to her.
I’m sorry, but this is a cop out to me. He needst to put YOU and YOUR feelings first in this if he wants to save your marriage. I cannot believe how he can bend over backwards to save HER feelings, all the while he’s ripping your heart in two???He also says that he needs to deal with feelings with her so he can completely be rid of her. And that is the reason for him having to see her. He says that he doesn’t want her that way anymore and that he chooses me and our marriage.
No doubt it is hard for you, VERY VERY HARD. You are a saint for dealing with it the way you are. I know I couldn’t do what you’re doing.This is hard for me…
He loves her? Does he know what love is? Does he say he loves you but can put you through this hell?I have talked to a priest and he said the same thing that it would take a while for this to be resolved. That I was not to expect it to go away overnight. He said for me to pray and have faith and trust in the Lord. He said to put it all in the Lords hand and let his will be done. This is hard too… Me and my husband do pray and I feel him true but it absolutly kills me that he has to deal with emotional feelings he has with another women. A women he says he loves…ouch!
YOU have tried to reconcile? Seems to me that you are the one putting in all the hard work when HE should be. He seems to be getting off very easily in all this. He says he wants his marriage, yet still sees this woman. He wants to fix things but gives you so many reasons to not trust him.I have tried everything to try to reconcile…expect for taking the advice of the therapist and the priest. So my new thing is to not give their relationship anymore attention and try to get myself back on track and let him fix the mess without me hunting him down all the time. Please continue to pray for me. It is extremly hard to not drive around like an idiot looking for my husband…Pray that I may let this all go to the Lord and not feel that I need to fix it
Thanks Jules11…I feel and think this everyday…and everyday it gets harder and harder to convience myself that I still want this marriage. I went to adoration yesterday and just cried…and prayed…I have been fasting for answers and I feel that the Lord wants me to continue to fast…I feel he will reveal my path and give me all the answers once I have put all my trust in my God. My God did make it very clear that I needed someone who would help me grow spiritualy and help me get closer to God and help each other do God’s will. The Lord knows me and knows that this situation is dragging me down. I will only give it a little while more. I just have to know that I did everything I could to save my marriage…I think I have. Now he has to prove to me that he is willing to do anything to save it. I almost feel that he won’t change until I leave. I don’t think he believes that I will…Keep praying for us!I’m sorry, but you are a far better woman than I because if my husband said this to me, I think I’d throw something at him!
He doesn’t want to hurt her??? All the while he’s hurting YOU??? Who is more important here?
YOU are his wife!!!
I’m sorry, but this is a cop out to me. He needst to put YOU and YOUR feelings first in this if he wants to save your marriage. I cannot believe how he can bend over backwards to save HER feelings, all the while he’s ripping your heart in two???
No doubt it is hard for you, VERY VERY HARD. You are a saint for dealing with it the way you are. I know I couldn’t do what you’re doing.
He loves her? Does he know what love is? Does he say he loves you but can put you through this hell?
YOU have tried to reconcile? Seems to me that you are the one putting in all the hard work when HE should be. He seems to be getting off very easily in all this. He says he wants his marriage, yet still sees this woman. He wants to fix things but gives you so many reasons to not trust him.
I agree you need to pray, but really, give yourself a break. You are behaving amazingly in the face of such a terrible and heartbreaking situation.
Like I said, you are a far more wiser, charitable and understanding wife than I would ever be in this situation. He is a very fortunate man to have such a wife as you. He doesn’t seem to realise it, or may I say, deserve it.
God bless you.
The sad thing is that I have also talked to a priest and I got the same advice. All I can do is pray that the Lord will guide me. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to go thru and it just doesn’t seem to be getting easier.The things that the therapist said sound, well, strange to me. Is this a Catholic therapist? Maybe if you find a good Catholic therapist to talk to?
Love31,The sad thing is that I have also talked to a priest and I got the same advice. All I can do is pray that the Lord will guide me. This is the hardest thing I have ever had to go thru and it just doesn’t seem to be getting easier.