Mariage, divorce & strange experience of « flashback » / meeting

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Dec 23, 2019
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Hello everybody,

First of all : Merry Christmas and Happy New Year... God bless you all !

I warmly thank every person that will take a moment to read my message and to share his/her points of view. I pray a lot, trying to distant myself from everything and I do my best to follow our Lord from the bottom of my heart. Well sometimes you know, it's really hard to find peace and inner silence.

I can't tell this story to my relatives. So I share it trough the Internet. Maybe it will help other people. It's about mariage, divorce, and strange experience of « flashback » and meeting.

I'm 30 years old. My conversion occured few years ago. It was strong and brutal. But despite of assiduous involvement in my church (every sunday and during the week to pray, to study the Bible, to sing with the band...), I always felt fustrated by celibacy, loneliness. I prayed intensively for this.

Few months later, I met a man and immediatly thought it was the God's response to my prayer ! We had so much in common, and most of all, he was christian !
He came to my church, got baptised and the wedding was quickly planned. Despite maaany alarming signs in his comportment, I was sure about all good things God will do in our lives. So I strongly lied to myself, just to satisfy my own will of no being alone anymore.

Few weeks after the wedding, he changed ; stopped coming to the church. He let me alone and quickly show a huge problem with money. I married to share my faith with my husband, to pray, read the Bible with him : it never happened. Well, I won't tell all the story but daily life became more and more darker. I finally discovered huge lies. He's addicted to drugs and played a role. Really painful... it ended by a divorce, of course. I forgive him, pray for his soul and don't see him anymore.

Today, I have nothing : no more money, no home (I came back to my parents), no job... I have just my faith, and look myself in the mirror, recognizing that all I'm living now is due to a huge lack of... patience. P-a-t-i-e-n-c-e. PATIENCE !

It's so, so, so stupid. Well. I'm just a sinner who has unfortunately no wisdom at all.

A flashback happened during these hardships. I saw myself with a man I met during my studies. This man is really special to me, because he's the only one I met coincidentally many times, he's the only one who talked to me about faith, Scriptures... he's the only one who invited me for a walk in nature, or to restaurant (it never concretized because of me). He's the only one who talked to me about... patience, wisdom... And no other one will never look at me with those eyes. No one... Now I'm sure ot it.
But I realize all of this today, trough clear memories, few years later. When I met him as a student, I was totally blind and didn't know anything about Jesus. And after my conversion, I was not in contact with him anymore. I think I profoundly hurted him by my stupidity.

The story ends here : today I'm searching a job and go to evening classes, in the school where he works during the day. New « coincidence » : it was absolutely not planned ! I wrote him a letter, telling him how nice it would be to see him again... but he has not answer yet and will maybe never do.


So ironic, isn't it ? What does it mean ? What is God telling me trough this ?
I don't deserve anything, just loneliness for all my mistakes... but now, I just can't stop thinking about this special man. Can I pray God to see him again ? How this story sounds to you ?

It would be a miracle to see this man again, to beggin' him pardon and explain him everything.


I wish to all of us all a deep prayer's life, wisdom and patience.


Thanks for reading the ironic story of a sjd@he#udh*ei stupid poor woman.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.
 

Subhumanoidal

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Sounds to me like you want these thoughts to mean something, but that doesn't mean they do. Perhaps rather than chase after a man get your own life, and self, in order first. You really don't sound like you're mentall, emotionally or financially in any position to be dating at this time.
 

tourist

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My relationship with my wife started with a letter too before we got married. I crashed and burned a few years ago too and ended up back home for awhile. Right now my wife's daughter is living with us with no job, trying to get the pieces back together again after a bad relationship and serious problems at work so please know that you're not alone in this. Glad to have you onboard with us. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and God bless you as well. Welcome to CC.
 
Dec 23, 2019
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Subhumanoidal: Thanks , you're absolutely right. I'm not looking for any relationship at this time. But I had this experience and well, it became a sort of obsessional-heavy-regret during aaaall the day. I'm tired of my head. I just would like some silence! Your answer helps me to reach it.

tourist: Thank you so much... nothing more to say. You and your family are now in my prayers. :)
 

Bingo

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"We all experience 'life' happening, and no one is immune, and 'life' is not meant to be easy.
Sometimes it may help to share in this type of forum, as often one can put things in words,
but not easy to explain in a face to face explanation of ones thoughts or feelings, as many are
not interested in hearing ones personal issues or concerns. Here, one can open up, and share,
and perhaps receive encouragement and advise that may be helpful. Within these pages, by the
grace of God, I have been led to share many things, pertaining to 'life' happening, brought about
by my life being changed, by the grace of God. You are welcome to explore and contemplate things
that God has allowed me to share. I pray you find what is needed in your life for a peace and well being,
here in the now."
'Praise God'


Dec 9, 2019
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"Sharing a 'Spiritual Journey' ...love of God's 'inspiration' of a love without end.
God's love is not meant to be easy. And, make no mistake, on our own shall be in vain.
God's 'inspiration' has brought this life, from 'darkness' to the 'light' of a renewed life.
This path will not be your path, and your path with not be this path. Each shall find
their own path, whatever that may be. I Am, being the unseen Holy Spirit with a 'vision' for all to behold."

'Praise God'
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WingsOfLight

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It's not your fault that things changed after marriage.
It sounds like you got blind sighted. True colors don't always show up at first.
Please don't put yourself through any regrets. You're way too important for that to stand in your way. I have my share of mistakes, believe me.
We all go through something.
I, too, got into a relationship that turned out much differently than it started.
The best thing to do is to keep moving forward.
If something is meant to be, it will find a way.
Our paths are laid out for us. Things work out how they are meant to.

Merry Christmas to you and please feel free to talk on here anytime you want.
We all listen.
 

Butterflyyy

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Hello everybody,

First of all : Merry Christmas and Happy New Year... God bless you all !

I warmly thank every person that will take a moment to read my message and to share his/her points of view. I pray a lot, trying to distant myself from everything and I do my best to follow our Lord from the bottom of my heart. Well sometimes you know, it's really hard to find peace and inner silence.

I can't tell this story to my relatives. So I share it trough the Internet. Maybe it will help other people. It's about mariage, divorce, and strange experience of « flashback » and meeting.

I'm 30 years old. My conversion occured few years ago. It was strong and brutal. But despite of assiduous involvement in my church (every sunday and during the week to pray, to study the Bible, to sing with the band...), I always felt fustrated by celibacy, loneliness. I prayed intensively for this.

Few months later, I met a man and immediatly thought it was the God's response to my prayer ! We had so much in common, and most of all, he was christian !
He came to my church, got baptised and the wedding was quickly planned. Despite maaany alarming signs in his comportment, I was sure about all good things God will do in our lives. So I strongly lied to myself, just to satisfy my own will of no being alone anymore.

Few weeks after the wedding, he changed ; stopped coming to the church. He let me alone and quickly show a huge problem with money. I married to share my faith with my husband, to pray, read the Bible with him : it never happened. Well, I won't tell all the story but daily life became more and more darker. I finally discovered huge lies. He's addicted to drugs and played a role. Really painful... it ended by a divorce, of course. I forgive him, pray for his soul and don't see him anymore.

Today, I have nothing : no more money, no home (I came back to my parents), no job... I have just my faith, and look myself in the mirror, recognizing that all I'm living now is due to a huge lack of... patience. P-a-t-i-e-n-c-e. PATIENCE !

It's so, so, so stupid. Well. I'm just a sinner who has unfortunately no wisdom at all.

A flashback happened during these hardships. I saw myself with a man I met during my studies. This man is really special to me, because he's the only one I met coincidentally many times, he's the only one who talked to me about faith, Scriptures... he's the only one who invited me for a walk in nature, or to restaurant (it never concretized because of me). He's the only one who talked to me about... patience, wisdom... And no other one will never look at me with those eyes. No one... Now I'm sure ot it.
But I realize all of this today, trough clear memories, few years later. When I met him as a student, I was totally blind and didn't know anything about Jesus. And after my conversion, I was not in contact with him anymore. I think I profoundly hurted him by my stupidity.

The story ends here : today I'm searching a job and go to evening classes, in the school where he works during the day. New « coincidence » : it was absolutely not planned ! I wrote him a letter, telling him how nice it would be to see him again... but he has not answer yet and will maybe never do.


So ironic, isn't it ? What does it mean ? What is God telling me trough this ?
I don't deserve anything, just loneliness for all my mistakes... but now, I just can't stop thinking about this special man. Can I pray God to see him again ? How this story sounds to you ?

It would be a miracle to see this man again, to beggin' him pardon and explain him everything.


I wish to all of us all a deep prayer's life, wisdom and patience.


Thanks for reading the ironic story of a sjd@he#udh*ei stupid poor woman.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year.
If you belong to Christ you are not a poor woman, you are learning, we all are; we have all made mistakes, big mistakes, but God is greater than that and He works all things together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purposes.
Keep loving and trusting and obeying Him. Keep your eyes on the Lord not the man, it's so easy to take our eyes off the Lord especially if we get lonely, and we get our hopes up that God has sent someone.... but I'm sure if it is His will, our eyes will remain on Him, and we will know the way we should go.🙂
 

Subhumanoidal

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Subhumanoidal: Thanks , you're absolutely right. I'm not looking for any relationship at this time. But I had this experience and well, it became a sort of obsessional-heavy-regret during aaaall the day. I'm tired of my head. I just would like some silence! Your answer helps me to reach it.

tourist: Thank you so much... nothing more to say. You and your family are now in my prayers. :)
I get the issue of being stuck on someone. I've faced it before myself. Letting go seems backwards at first, but once you do you realize how freeing it actually is.
You seem like a nice and passionate person. Those traits left to run wild can cause problems. But once you learn to know when, and how, to let them free and when to hold them back you'll really experience a much better and happier life.
Lastly, give yourself a break. You haven't made any mistakes not made 1000 times before by others. Read up on grace.
 
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Kim82

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It's so, so, so stupid. Well. I'm just a sinner who has unfortunately no wisdom at all.
Amen.
1 Corinthians 26-31 26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things-and the things that are not-to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him. 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God-that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31 Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord."
 
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Kim82

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A flashback happened during these hardships. I saw myself with a man I met during my studies. This man is really special to me, because he's the only one I met coincidentally many times, he's the only one who talked to me about faith, Scriptures...
I can understand your obsession on this guy. You are thinking what might have happened had I married this one?

But this man may have just been spreading the gospel. He just wanted to tell you about Jesus, nothing more. Perhaps it's best you left it in the past.

Let's say he does respond. Be careful of making the same mistake you did before just because you are lonely and hurting and impatient, don't get involved/marry someone just because they say they are a Christian.

Be careful.
 

Nehemiah6

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Can I pray God to see him again ?
Hello FB. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you too. My response to your post is as follows:

1. Everyone makes mistakes. Forget the past and keep moving forward since you cannot change the past. Hopefully you have learned some lessons.

2. God is not punishing you for your mistakes, so put that out of your mind. God understands that His children have to mature.

3. Since coincidentally you happen to be attending classes where this former friend of your works, take it as a positive sign.

4. Just because he has not responded to your letter should not become an obstacle. There could be any number of reasons.

5. You could check with the HR office and find out during which hours this man works and when he takes breaks. You could then show up at his lunch break, and tell him frankly that you would like to resume your friendship with him, if he is not yet married.

6. If he is married, you should simply leave him alone and seek other opportunities. His wife would certainly not appreciate another woman entering into his life.
 
Dec 23, 2019
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Thank you Bingo, WingsOfLight, Butterflyyy, Magenta, Kim82 & Nehemiah6 ! I feel soothed and strengthened. I uselly never chat on forums: it's a new experience to me. It's strange to directly go beyond all social convenience rules. I came here and immediately spreaded my little issue. Ah it makes me laugh how different it is from reality. ... Bingo had good words about that earlier in the thread.

Hey! It's helpful to come here! Thanks!

God bless you.
 

Butterflyyy

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What does that mean?
I mean that if we are in a situation with someone that has potential for marriage then, if it is the person that God wants us to marry, it will not be a relationship which takes our focus AWAY from the Lord, rather, it wil have the opposite effect I would hope, and the new relationship would be a positive influence on us keeping our focus on Him...
Also if we are in a specific relationship, and it IS His will, then He will surely lead us in all aspects of it...
 
Dec 23, 2019
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Early this morning, just before I woke up, I dreamed he answered me, telling me to not worry and that we will soon see each other.

I hope it's premonitory.
 

Subhumanoidal

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Early this morning, just before I woke up, I dreamed he answered me, telling me to not worry and that we will soon see each other.

I hope it's premonitory.
People can dream about what is on their mind. This doesn't make anything a prediction, rather it shows where your focus is.
It seems you are still clinging to this notion and not letting go. Even "if" the dream was a prediction the fact that you are not mentally, emotionally or financially doing well still hasn't changed. And at least two of those won't change as long as you're not moving on.
 

Mii

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Early this morning, just before I woke up, I dreamed he answered me, telling me to not worry and that we will soon see each other.

I hope it's premonitory.
This may not be true for your situation, but I try not to get my hopes up. "Soon" even if it were a godly vision is used many times in scripture and it doesn't follow with our definition "typically".

I'm not suggesting it is not the Lord (although with any premonitory insight it is a possibility)...it also possible that your subconscious generated a vision. Ezekiel talks about prophets speaking by their own spirits (and the way I read it is that they were sincere, but mistaken on it being the Lord, but it is hard to tell for sure).

So I'm agreeing with the above poster. I practice a cautious optimism at times, if it seems too outside scripture (but not diametrically opposed) and too much inside my own self, I'm leery but don't automatically reject it...

just be careful.
 
Dec 23, 2019
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Thanks !

2 Corinthians 11.14 : "And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. "

Stranges things are happening now. Really hard to not think about this person. I don't why!!! I must accept and ask the Lord the strength to scorn all these trivial things.
 
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3angelsmsg

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Hi sis, all of us had our fair share of heartaches💔. And for now, my advice would be to get to know the Lord better. Dig deep in His word, live by every word that proceeds of out His mouth.

You become a whole person first before you have thoughts of marriage or being in relationship.

Put God first, concentrate on Him and you will know when you are ready. I always say that if you feel lonely, you are not ready. And if you need someone else to make you happy you ain't ready either.

Your happiness come solely from God. And if your whole world falls apart, you will only have God left.

Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Make heaven a priority and the happiness of those around.

I will pray for you, sis.