Give thanks to him every time you reflect on his holiness!
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We may weep through the night,
but at daybreak it will turn into shouts of ecstatic joy.-Psalm 30:4b,5b, TPT
Happy Thanksgiving to my readers in the United States!
This is a strange one in 2020 like all things 2020. However, I know I am grateful for this holiday. It refocuses us on God’s love for us.
As we acknowledge His many gifts, we receive His love to us as expressed in those gifts. I hope you take time today to do just that.
This Thanksgiving I am struck at how God has wrought healing in my heart over the years.
On the eve of Thanksgiving 2012, I was called by my (now) ex-wife. It was in that conversation that all doubt was removed regarding her adultery. I will never forget that day or that conversation.
Yet today I give thanks.
I give thanks as that memory no longer has the painful power it once had over me. It is part of my story. However, I almost forgot it yesterday. This has taught me that God has done an amazing work of healing in my heart and life.
You see, the ending of a marriage to a cheater is not the end. I have discovered that it fades into a footnote over time as one lives one life. For that, I give thanks to God.
I share this story and experience to those of you facing an especially difficult Thanksgiving today. Healing is possible. I know I could not imagine life as I have it today.
God still is into doing amazingly above what we could ever imagine.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Hello Minister,
Thank you for this very timely word and reminding us that healing is indeed possible.
I was divorced for over six years after my husbands infidelity. The Lord healed me completely from his serial cheating. Only for me to take him back. I did not just forgive but felt a strong pull to reconcile. I remarried in a small civil ceremony only to find out no less than a year during lockdown that l once again brutally soul raped. This infidelity has two children and even the mother of the children seems ok with holding onto a married man.
I’ve been made out to cause, l feel foolish to have reconciled. I really feel shame to even go back to my place of worship though lve been. It took six months for me to open up to my spiritual father who counselled us led him to christ.
H has no remorse, no regard and put at risk of ill health. I found out, l was not told. We are not under one roof and healing in lockdown is harder but l know the Lord is faithful. He who has be an a good work in me such finish it.
As a child of God, it still hard some days. Adultery is fatal to the Spirit.
J,
My heart goes out to you! I cannot imagine the pain of all you have experience.
Being played is a tough pill to swallow. The shame of being cheated on is not yours to bear. You gave your heart. It is not on you that he defied God by cheating, again.
May God surround you with His loving arms and whisper words of how amazingly precious you are to Him! You are worth the blood of God. Never forget that!
-Pastor David