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Heavenly Father, in faith, I thank You for protecting, guiding, and blessing Miracle and her children. Father, Miracle needs a sign from You that You are indeed with her. Father, in faith, I am also thanking You for showing her that you are indeed with her and her children. Father, Miracle needs You to walk with her and her children each and every step of the way. I don’t know why you are delaying some things for them, but I do know that You are our Almighty God, and that You do everything for our good. I trust Lord that You are preparing a bright path for Miracle and her children. Lord, in the name of Your son Jesus Christ, I ask you to break the bonds that are holding Miracle and her children back. Lord, in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, I ask You to move them forward to the bright future You have in store for them. Thank You Father. Amen.
 
Heavenly Father, in faith, I thank You for protecting, guiding, and blessing Miracle and her children. Father, Miracle needs a sign from You that You are indeed with her. Father, in faith, I am also thanking You for showing her that you are indeed with her and her children. Father, Miracle needs You to walk with her and her children each and every step of the way. I don’t know why you are delaying some things for them, but I do know that You are our Almighty God, and that You do everything for our good. I trust Lord that You are preparing a bright path for Miracle and her children. Lord, in the name of Your son Jesus Christ, I ask you to break the bonds that are holding Miracle and her children back. Lord, in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, I ask You to move them forward to the bright future You have in store for them. Thank You Father. Amen.
 
Thank you so for your continued prayers. I am starting to think you have more faith than I do in this matter! Your prayers keep me going…
 
MiracleNeeded said:
Thank you so for your continued prayers. I am starting to think you have more faith than I do in this matter! Your prayers keep me going…
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Hi Miracle! I have faith because I have seen many miracles in my own life and the life of many other people. I am sure you have faith, it is just that you are going through a difficult period and so you may have started to question where God is. He is there with you ----- trust Him. Yesterday, I was looking at a mustard seed. It is quite small. Jesus said that if you have the faith of a mustard seed you can move a mountain. Keep believing in God, and things will happen!

Heavenly Father, in faith, I thank You for protecting, guiding, and blessing Miracle and her children. Father, Miracle needs a sign from You that You are indeed with her. Father, in faith, I am also thanking You for showing her that you are indeed with her and her children. Father, Miracle needs You to walk with her and her children each and every step of the way. I don’t know why you are delaying some things for them, but I do know that You are our Almighty God, and that You do everything for our good. I trust Lord that You are preparing a bright path for Miracle and her children. Lord, in the name of Your son Jesus Christ, I ask you to break the bonds that are holding Miracle and her children back. Lord, in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, I ask You to move them forward to the bright future You have in store for them. Thank You Father. Amen.
 
Thank you! I know that we all have troubles. But this particular situation is so hard for me. I really just do not know how much longer I can go on like this. I live just to get through each day - and I wonder, is that really what God wants? For me to feel no joy, no growth, just existence and pain? Will there be an end to this pain in my lifetime? And if not, why not just put me out of this misery now? I just do not understand. But, He does not have to give me understanding if He does not want to. I just need relief…
When I was praying Novenas it seemed to help. But, that was because I kept telling myself, that I had to find the “right” Saint who would help bring my petition to God. But, now I have gone through so many of them. Recently, I had the Prayer if Saint Catherine Laboure’ mailed to me. It is more of an instruction than a prayer. It says that we should put ourselves in front of God, and ask what he wants from us, and that we should listen. I guess it means we do not need to do specific prayers or rituals, we just need to go straight to God. So, I have done that. Praying simply. Asking to hear whatever it is that He wants me to hear (even if it is not what I want.) Good, bad, or ugly, I just want to know if I will be relieved soon, or if I am to live all my days on this earth in complete misery. At the point I am now, I am even of little use to my children. Is my life on earth meant to be wasted away in this misery?
 
Lord Jesus Christ,

I open up my life completely to You. YOUR will be done. Please put actions into place so that my life quickly becomes one that is following Your path. Let nothing in me or in my mind place barriers before You and Your will. May You and Your will take complete control and have complete access to everything that I am and should be. My desire is for You to be in control.:bowdown2:
 
I’m going to post twice on this so here’s the first post. I’ve signed up to this forum to tell you one thing. Your self esteem, self love, self respect, call it what you like, is gone. And you don’t have to live this way. In fact you have a duty to yourself and your children to change this situation. All I’m reading is pain and torment. God can help you. But you need to help yourself.
My connection is brutal, I’m in the countryside in Ireland. So I’m going to post this first response in case I lose it. You need to understand what true self love is. Read Anthony De Mello sj ‘Awareness’.

I’ll be back in a minute.
 
MiracleNeeded said:
Thank you! I know that we all have troubles. But this particular situation is so hard for me. I really just do not know how much longer I can go on like this. I live just to get through each day - and I wonder, is that really what God wants? For me to feel no joy, no growth, just existence and pain? Will there be an end to this pain in my lifetime? And if not, why not just put me out of this misery now? I just do not understand. But, He does not have to give me understanding if He does not want to. I just need relief…
When I was praying Novenas it seemed to help. But, that was because I kept telling myself, that I had to find the “right” Saint who would help bring my petition to God. But, now I have gone through so many of them. Recently, I had the Prayer if Saint Catherine Laboure’ mailed to me. It is more of an instruction than a prayer. It says that we should put ourselves in front of God, and ask what he wants from us, and that we should listen. I guess it means we do not need to do specific prayers or rituals, we just need to go straight to God. So, I have done that. Praying simply. Asking to hear whatever it is that He wants me to hear (even if it is not what I want.) Good, bad, or ugly, I just want to know if I will be relieved soon, or if I am to live all my days on this earth in complete misery. At the point I am now, I am even of little use to my children. Is my life on earth meant to be wasted away in this misery?
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I very, very often feel like the only point of my existence is to provide for the material needs of those who depend on me. I very, very often feel that I’ve no reason to hope for happiness. In his mercy, God does on occasion grant me little graces and glimpses of joy that give me the strength to carry on. I believe that God does sometimes lead us through a vale of tears in order that we will be drawn to the foot of the cross, that we will embrace its rough wood at the feet of our Savior, the only One who will never leave us.

God does not want you to be miserable. God can turn sorrow into joy in an instant. Abandoning ourselves to God’s will does not mean that we don’t take action, but rather that we don’t worry about outcomes, that we have a childlike trust in God because we know that he loves us and will take care of us, even if we don’t understand the whens and hows.
 
ok, here’s a longer post. I’ve read your first few posts and then skipped to the final pages to see what you have done in the last few months and you are still living in torment. The time for blaming yourself or someone else is over. It’s time to take responsibility for your own life and your childrens lives.
You got an mba in 4 years so I’m not going to insult your intelligence. The man you are living with is an arrogant fool. You are lucky not to have an std or worse. Your marriage vows mean nothing to him. You need to find objective professional advice. You need to speak to a professional counsellor alone.

If your husband drinks and drives with the children in the car then You are to blame. Stand up for yourself. Have him arrested. As I said in the first post you have no self esteem. It has been stamped into the ground. And you have allowed this to happen. You need to take it back. You need help and support from other intelligent experienced women in this problem area.

If you are getting advice from a priest please understand that some priests are wiser and more aware of the realities of modern marriages than others.
Because you are hurting so much you are incapable of asking yourself the simplest of questions.
How long more can I inflict this pain on myself.
To be honest I don’t see your husband changing into a thoughtful compassionate man. The only way that he will change is if he is given a massive shock to his system. In order to do that you need to build yourself up, show yourself some love , some kindness! Stop beating yourself up!
Everybody makes mistakes! Everybody! If you don’t find the tools to recover your self esteem right now then this sham of a marriage will continue for as long as he likes.
  1. Speak to a women’s aid counsellor.
  2. Get free legal advice from a wise (and catholic if you want, your parish can give you a number ) lawyer.
  3. The children are yours, when he drink and drove with them in the car, he relinquished his right to call himself a father.
  4. The house is yours and your childrens.
You need good advice. You need mental space to calm your mind and make clear decisions.

If you want spiritual advice there are many who can help. Check their professional cvs. You are an intelligent woman, don’t take the advice of any stranger (like me!)

Most of all you have to dump all this guilt and fear and stand up for yourself and your children. Do it today. Pick up the parish phone and get the numbers for free advice places.
Talk it out with intelligent wise adults. Your husband is an ***. Whether he can change or not is no longer your responsibility.

You are a mother. Stand up for yourself! your house. your children. your future.
be kind to yourself and take the action of very wise counsellors and your conscience.

I won’t be here to read your responses most likely. It doesnt matter. It’s your life. Be the miracle you are praying for. Surround yourself with good people.
When your self respect has risen 600% then you will be back to where God demands you to be. Toughen up!
Take care of yourself and use your intelligence and maternal abilities.
 
chipeto said:
I feel compelled to point out the Church’s position on Father de Mello: vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19980624_demello_en.html
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fair enough. many Jesuits have a much greater opinion of him. the point is he discusses the importance of loving yourself properly. his point is ‘how can we expect to love God and love our neighbour as ourself when we have no true love, no true self respect for ourself!’ i’m paraphrasing here.

if you are being mistreated there’s no point in blaming yourself. it’s time to make changes. starting with ‘stop beating yourself up and instead armour yourself with true kindness’, kind people and no parasitic fools!
 
Hi Miracle, you mention that you feel that you are of very little use to your children. From what you’ve said in the past, it seems to me that you are indeed taking very good care of your children. So, I trust that you are a blessing to your children, just as each one is God’s blessing to you.

I am thinking of two things right now. One is the movie “Gaslight” with Ingrid Bergman. In the movie, her character’s coniving husband quietly goes about making her feel as if she is crazy and does not know what she is talking about. Is it possible that your husband has subtley been making you feel that you are lacking in many areas?

The second thing I am thinking about is this: Does your husband allow you to leave the house? Are you stuck in your house? Is this why you can’t leave him? If he is not allowing you to leave the house, you can call the police, and explain what is going on, and they will arrest him. Such victims are provided with services that will give them financial, emotional, and a social network of support. If you feel your local police are not going to be of help, contact the FBI because holding someone against their will is a violation of Federal law.

I will continue praying for you and your children. I trust in God that deliverance is at hand. God bless you all!
 
Dear Miracle,

I’m continuing to pray for you. I know how hard it is as I’m going through some major struggles in my marriage dealing with lies, infidelity, financial issues, and a baby at home but I know that is just some of what you are facing.

I am struggling with some things I am guessing that you are too and that is that you are second-guessing yourself and not trusting your own judgement in finding a husband, trusting someone and going with your instinct. You are letting a lot of this come down on you - as if you were to blame. I am doing the same thing but DO NOT let him get the best of you and put these doubts in your head. Do not let him separate you from God. I keep reminding myself this everyday.

It is easy to be committed to God when all is going right. Anyone can do that but it takes so much strength and committment to seek God when you feel all is lost. Do not lose hope. God wants you to come out stronger in the end and be closer to him and although nobody wishes these circumstances on anyone, like Jesus we can learn to trust God and turn an ugly and hateful thing into something glorious!

My mom keeps reminding me “Nobody is born strong, but we become strong” and that keeps ringing in my brain everytime I have doubts. I also think of the song “A little bit stronger”. I mean it’s not to say things are hopeless and won’t work out, but that over time you will get stronger and stronger through God’s grace. You won’t even notice it but yet it will happen and that success isn’t a straight line but full of ups and downs - what’s important is that you are going in the right direction even if you take two steps forward and one step back…over time you are still moving forward. That at least keeps me going and getting through each day, hour, minute … Anyway, here are the lyrics: lyrics.com/little-bit-stronger-lyrics-sara-evans.html - anyway, I was told that God never promised there wouldn’t be problems and pain, but that he promised he would give strength when you ask for it.

If you need to talk, vent, or need prayers - msg me but I’ll keep praying for you. God loves you and is with you even in all of your pain … especially in all of your pain.
 
Heavenly Father, in faith, I thank You for protecting, guiding, and blessing Miracle and her children. Father, Miracle needs a sign from You that You are indeed with her. Father, in faith, I am also thanking You for showing her that you are indeed with her and her children. Father, Miracle needs You to walk with her and her children each and every step of the way. I don’t know why you are delaying some things for them, but I do know that You are our Almighty God, and that You do everything for our good. I trust Lord that You are preparing a bright path for Miracle and her children. Lord, in the name of Your son Jesus Christ, I ask you to break the bonds that are holding Miracle and her children back. Lord, in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, I ask You to move them forward to the bright future You have in store for them. Thank You Father. Amen.
 
Heavenly Father, in faith, I thank You for protecting, guiding, and blessing Miracle and her children. Father, Miracle needs a sign from You that You are indeed with her. Father, in faith, I am also thanking You for showing her that you are indeed with her and her children. Father, Miracle needs You to walk with her and her children each and every step of the way. I don’t know why you are delaying some things for them, but I do know that You are our Almighty God, and that You do everything for our good. I trust Lord that You are preparing a bright path for Miracle and her children. Lord, in the name of Your son Jesus Christ, I ask you to break the bonds that are holding Miracle and her children back. Lord, in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, I ask You to move them forward to the bright future You have in store for them. Thank You Father. Amen.
 
Heavenly Father, in faith, I thank You for protecting, guiding, and blessing Miracle and her children. Father, Miracle needs a sign from You that You are indeed with her. Father, in faith, I am also thanking You for showing her that you are indeed with her and her children. Father, Miracle needs You to walk with her and her children each and every step of the way. I don’t know why you are delaying some things for them, but I do know that You are our Almighty God, and that You do everything for our good. I trust Lord that You are preparing a bright path for Miracle and her children. Lord, in the name of Your son Jesus Christ, I ask you to break the bonds that are holding Miracle and her children back. Lord, in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, I ask You to move them forward to the bright future You have in store for them. Thank You Father. Amen.
 
Haven’t forgotten you Miracle. Things just pretty busy on this end! I trust all is well with you and the children my dear!

Heavenly Father, in faith, I thank You for protecting, guiding, and blessing Miracle and her children. Father, Miracle needs a sign from You that You are indeed with her. Father, in faith, I am also thanking You for showing her that you are indeed with her and her children. Father, Miracle needs You to walk with her and her children each and every step of the way. I don’t know why you are delaying some things for them, but I do know that You are our Almighty God, and that You do everything for our good. I trust Lord that You are preparing a bright path for Miracle and her children. Lord, in the name of Your son Jesus Christ, I ask you to break the bonds that are holding Miracle and her children back. Lord, in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ, I ask You to move them forward to the bright future You have in store for them. Thank You Father. Amen.
 
Thank you, you are far too kind. I do hope you are having some positive things happening on your end! I am still hanging on, hopeful, and praying!
 
I am so sorry you are going through this. I once heard Teresa Tomeo(not sure on the spelling of her name) say this"the bigger the mess, the bigger the miracle" Don’t give up, with God all things are possible. Have you ever heard of Retrouvaille, maybe your husband would agree to go. As long as your are going to stay in your marriage you might work on improving things. There is a book out there also called The Praying Wife**. I own it and if you want it I will mail it to you(PM me). Of course there are a wealth of prayers and novenas available to you here as well. God bless you, you are in my prayers. (Please pray for my father, Manuel who was recently dx with cancer, thank you)
 
MiracleNeeded said:
Thank you, you are far too kind. I do hope you are having some positive things happening on your end! I am still hanging on, hopeful, and praying!
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Hi Miracle! Thank you for asking re our situation here. Our son continues to progress, however, slowly. We have faith in God that things will happen, but they are going to happen in God’s perfect timing. We don’t understand it, but we thank Him for His greater plans for our son and for us.

I am glad to hear that you are hopeful and praying. There is an old saying that says that hope floats. On this end, we have certainly hung onto that hope lifesaver for a number of years now. We trust in God that our prayers concerning our son will be answered. I trust in God that He will also answer your prayers. God bless you!
 
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