hey cindy,
i read through the replies so far to your post and as a person who's recently been dumped, those posts don't quite hit the deepness of my pain. or yours, i'm sure. i know that everyone is well meaning and the statements are true. i have my own set of questions -- like, what happens if i do devote my life to God and follow Him and i never get married? then what? and what about the agonizing feeling of losing a relationship here on earth? sometimes, in my weakness, that spiritual relationship doesn't seem to make up for the lack of a tangible one. God can't go to the movies with me on the weekend, you know? and, why does this keep happening to me? i've been through 3 other terrible break-ups, one of them was 3 months before my would-be wedding.and now i'm on #4. in hindsight i know exactly why each one went wrong and i in some ways, that is helpful to know -- those relationships would have been equally as painful as the break up was if they had continued and the pain would've drug out for a much longer time.
i know so far i seem to be a downer, cindy and i don't mean to be. let me tell you my perspective. break-up #1 happened 6 or so months in (in fact, they all happened that early except for the time i was engaged) and it seemed completely out of the blue. nothing was wrong in our relationship but he blamed it on me. it took 6 months after that for him to admit that he had a porn problem and that's why he ended it. it's a legit reason. but during those 6 months and even after i was in the deepest pit of depression. the only thing that brought me through was God. . .and i wrestled with Him the whole way. i questioned His goodness and love and faithfulness and reasons. but, in that wrestling He gave me intense peace and strength. and at the end of that dark time i feel that my faith came out so much stronger. so unshakeable b/c of my trial. so, yes, what everyone wrote is true. rely on God -- but just know that it's okay to wrestle, too. check out Psalm 56:8 if you have the time, too. i hope this is both encouraging and realistic.