Instead of your shame
you will receive a double portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joy will be yours.-Isaiah 61:7, NIV
Today marks three years since I stood at my in-laws’ porch and exchanged marriage vows with my best friend and co-conspirator to change the world, Mrs. DM.
I became an instant father to a (then) toddler, Munchkin. My heart found exchanged mourning for laughter and tears for joy.
It feels both like yesterday as well as eons ago.
It feels like it happened yesterday in how quickly the wonderful time has flown.
It feels like eons ago in how I cannot imagine–nor do I want to–a life where these two special gals did not play a primary role.
Divorcing a cheater is a painful experience. I think it is doubly so for anyone doing so in Christian communities.
But I want to take today to encourage those staring at that dark valley today:
God saw me through that time of deep sorrow and pain.
AND–this is important–I believe He has richly blessed me because of that experience and not in spite of being divorced.
After all, Mrs. DM and Munchkin never would have been part of my life if I never divorced. Boy, am I thankful that they are!
It is not all death, doom, and settling following divorce from a cheater. I can testify to quite the contrary from three years and counting of a truly fulfilling life as a husband and father!
God is faithful even if people–including spouses–are not.
He sees your faithfulness and is in the business of blessing such godliness.
Never forget that.
