[hopefulone]

Greetings all:

I pray that you are all in a better place today than yesterday and that tomorrow looks brighter and brighter for you.

I was recently at a Standing for Marriage ministry bible study and gathering.  I cannot tell you how comforted i was to have been there and to have met others n person that truly understood me and what I was doing by choosing to stand for my marriage.   I receive daily emails form the ministry leader Charlene, and though i know that these emails are automated and written by many in her ministry i was so deeply touched by actually meeting Charlyene in person i was brought to tears.  So many of her emails reached me just at the point when i needed them most.  I truly felt as if God was moving among all the standers here and met a few that have been standing faithfully for years.  There was one testimony where her husband finally came out of the "tunnel" and she commented at how broken he now was after his voyage to the "far country".  But she said if it weren't for all the advice and suggestions, as the ones that appear here, that she would not have been mentally, emotionally and spiritually prepared for this next phase in her marriage of restoration.

I have to thank this "ministry" as well in helping me understand more of what my husband is going through and how to manage myself and my emotions.  Although i still falter at times, i know that i am improving day by day.  I hope that each of us can find fellow standers in our community that we can confide in and who support our decision to stand instead of looking at what seems as hopeless and push us to go another route.

I pray for all of you and hope that each day through this MLC journey of our spouse, brings us closer to a relationship with God and a deeper understanding of ourselves. 

God bless those who are moderators here who provide sound advice for us to follow.

[trusting]

I too receive the daily devotional email and it is amazing how many days the theme of that devotional is EXACTLY what I needed for that day!  It is a very encouraging ministry.

[justasking]

Is there a connection for the devotional emails that we are able to opt into?

xx

[trusting]

Can we post links for that on here?  Otherwise, I can PM you.

[justasking]

Hi Trusting

Not sure. Better pm me .

Thanks in advance

xx

[trusting]

PM'd you.

[Rollercoasterider]

Oh please post links!

I'm popping in and out while taking care of Gram...but the computer keeps shutting me out, so I may become completely absent if it gets worse.  Oh and...Gram hardly slept at all and so I hardly slept at all... I'd be trying to sleep now, but as soon as I lay down she'll call for me!
I'll be home Thursday.

[Faith]

I would love this link too please!  I had no idea there was a ministry specifically for people like us!  Thanks.

[justasking]

Thanks RCR

The link Trusting sent me is   http://www.rejoiceministries.org/  and this one    http://charlyne.org/

xx

[hopefulone]

Gladyou could post the link - I wasn't sure on the policy on that here.  Her books and her husbands books ae great too and only like $5 each which helps suport the ministry.  The prodigal's perspective is one that i recommend everyone sould read.  Written by her husband Bob it shows us what was really happening to him while he was away from the home and how much he was led by the OW.

Hope you guys find guidance and support there too.