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I was wondering what happens when you pray for a person. I know the answer may sound obvious, but is their a chance this person could be or come back into your life? I grew up Catholic and went through a period where I followed all aspects of my faith. I fell off the wagon when I came to college (going to church less frequently, spiritually slothful, etc.) and so I vaguely remember a lot of the things I learned growing up, but one thing I do remember is being in high school and having a relationship with a guy who broke my heart. As soon as I entered this relationship, I started to lose my faith.
The relationship ended badly and I found myself needing God more than ever, so I begun introducing Him back into my life. As soon as I prayed about the situation, started going to church again, surrounding myself with the right people, and going on a retreat, the guy suddenly started contacting me again. He was saying how he missed me and how he made the biggest decision of his life.
I took it for what it was. Of course I was still frustrated he’d cheated on me and gotten another girl pregnant, but I wanted him to stay in my life because I still cared deeply about him (not as a romantic partner, but as a friend). As soon as I started to stray away from God again, I found that I could no longer hold the friendship I had with my ex. His fiance at the time contacted me and threatened me to stop all communication with him, even though I knew he was unhappy.
Even later, he sent me an email telling me to leave him alone because he was happy and was having a child, etc. At the time he told me that, I wasn’t involved in my faith. Basically, to sum it up, it seemed like things were going better for him when I was praying for him consistently everyday. He didn’t have a lot of people in his life at the time who cared about him. This was 2-1/2 years ago.
Today, I’m pre-engaged to a man I love and I wouldn’t trade my relationship for the world, but the other night, I was thinking about him randomly the other night and decided to see how he was doing through social media. I saw his 3-year old girl and he’s still with the girl he cheated on me with. I don’t have any ill-feelings towards him. If anything, knowing how he is makes me want to pray for him and wish him well. I know that God puts people in our lives and takes them out and this is someone I had such a close friendship with.
I don’t expect us to be close today or even consistently in each other’s lives (we’ve moved on from that), but I want to pray for him and it’d be nice to be updated on how he is. I know there’s no way to tell whether or not he will ever be in my life again, but how about any experiences/miracles you all have had? What are your thoughts? Prayer is a powerful thing; I’m a firm believer that the unexpected can happen.
God Bless,
Steph A.
The relationship ended badly and I found myself needing God more than ever, so I begun introducing Him back into my life. As soon as I prayed about the situation, started going to church again, surrounding myself with the right people, and going on a retreat, the guy suddenly started contacting me again. He was saying how he missed me and how he made the biggest decision of his life.
I took it for what it was. Of course I was still frustrated he’d cheated on me and gotten another girl pregnant, but I wanted him to stay in my life because I still cared deeply about him (not as a romantic partner, but as a friend). As soon as I started to stray away from God again, I found that I could no longer hold the friendship I had with my ex. His fiance at the time contacted me and threatened me to stop all communication with him, even though I knew he was unhappy.
Even later, he sent me an email telling me to leave him alone because he was happy and was having a child, etc. At the time he told me that, I wasn’t involved in my faith. Basically, to sum it up, it seemed like things were going better for him when I was praying for him consistently everyday. He didn’t have a lot of people in his life at the time who cared about him. This was 2-1/2 years ago.
Today, I’m pre-engaged to a man I love and I wouldn’t trade my relationship for the world, but the other night, I was thinking about him randomly the other night and decided to see how he was doing through social media. I saw his 3-year old girl and he’s still with the girl he cheated on me with. I don’t have any ill-feelings towards him. If anything, knowing how he is makes me want to pray for him and wish him well. I know that God puts people in our lives and takes them out and this is someone I had such a close friendship with.
I don’t expect us to be close today or even consistently in each other’s lives (we’ve moved on from that), but I want to pray for him and it’d be nice to be updated on how he is. I know there’s no way to tell whether or not he will ever be in my life again, but how about any experiences/miracles you all have had? What are your thoughts? Prayer is a powerful thing; I’m a firm believer that the unexpected can happen.
God Bless,
Steph A.