Thankful yet scared

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I want to say publicly that I am VERY grateful for the peace I am now getting in my life. Thanks to all who have prayed for me!
I had wounds that I thought I would never recover from and had reached a place where I had not hope peace or joy.

That said I am a bit scared of some things I may need to do in order to convert.
My DH and I have been married for over 30 years. Thankfully when we got married we had both reached a place where we agreed beforehand that divorce would never be an option for us.
Unfortunatly we had both been married before.

About a 1/12 ago I reunited (online) with my X. We were able to talk things out, forgive each other and become friends. I am very happy about that. I did not want either of us to die with annimosty between us.
I am afraid that if (most likely I know) I have to get an annulment from the church for this past marriage it will cause him another wound.😦

While I changed my life many years ago I did do some pretty awful things in my younger days.
Are there any sins that would prevent me in converting?
Thank you for your answers
 
No sin should prevent you from converting. The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints!!! Welcome home and God bless!!!
 
I am still curious to opinions on this part of my post.
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That said I am a bit scared of some things I may need to do in order to convert.
My DH and I have been married for over 30 years. Thankfully when we got married we had both reached a place where we agreed beforehand that divorce would never be an option for us.
Unfortunatly we had both been married before.

About a 1/12 ago I reunited (online) with my X. We were able to talk things out, forgive each other and become friends. I am very happy about that. I did not want either of us to die with annimosty between us.
I am afraid that if (most likely I know) I have to get an annulment from the church for this past marriage it will cause him another wound.
 
You have a warm and sensitive heart and your desire not to hurt shows God’s Spirit in you.

If it has been God who has drawn your first husband amiably back into your life as friend, the way is in way been made easier for you to bring the matter to your ex in the kindest and most respectful way.
I pray you will be able to do so with God’s grace.
You have come thus far with His grace and within the reconciliation.
If your ex is in fact a good friend one would hope that gentleness, respect, and honesty are likely to exist as these are important ingredients of genuine friendship.

May God help you to use your gifts to deal graciously with this issue with your ex, and that he will have the honesty and respect to accept this approach with grace and equanimity.
You have, doubtlessly, apologized and I’m sure will approach the issue with humility and kindness.
I pray that your first husband and you will recognize God’s will and delight in it whatever it may truly be.

May God continue to bless you and to guide you in the way that He desires and is in accord wholly with His will
 
Thank you so much Trishie.,
Yes perhaps you are right. We did both forgive each other and I believe want the other to be happy.

This is at times a bit scary for me, I also face the possiblity of my family (not my husband) turning against me for converting.

If you read any of my former posts you may already know that part of me would love to just jump in feet first but there is also a part of me thats pretty scared.

That is when RCIA seems to be so far away but all to close at the same time.

I pray daily not to lose my direction!
 
I just sent a message to a friend who went though some of the same anxieties about how family will respond to your conversion, to ask her for her prayers.

May God carry you through,
warmly,
Trishie.
 
There is no sin you can do that will prevent conversion, and that I know!
 
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