I had been though a bad divorce 10 years ago with a women I truly loved, we were together 23 years. Married again 4 years later probably for convience more than anything. She has some medically dx mental issues and it was a bad enviroment for my children and I have been try since 2005 to divorce her.
Last year through my class reunion I met a wonderful old friend who had been through several marraiges and several long term relationships, Things started slow we live 50 minutes apart and progress into a wonderful relationship.
She told me she loved me and even though I tried to fight it by making jokes about other women, I commented sometimes on other women and even bet her $20 she would break up with me by the end of the year. She told me she would never leave and she wasn't like the rest, I was very hurt by love in my first marraige and haven't loved since.
I truly thought I found love. When I decided to tell her that I love her and I wanted to do it in a special way so she would know I wasn't like all the rest of the relationships in her life I was sincere and would never hurt her. She had been hurt so many times before that I just wanted her to feel safe in our relationship. I teased and made jokes to keep my wall up but I did many things to show her my love. Going to Church with her, I am Catholic she is Methodist. Telling her how beautiful she is noticing new things she had done, flowers and wine just showing up to see her.
She knows I think Love is actions not a word. She knew how much I had been hurt. She said she would give me time. She told me how much she loved me an how happy she was.
She met up with one of the guys she used to live with in June and decided to spend the weekend with him. She told me she was at a conference for work. She said he hugged her and she felt like she was home. Even though this man drank and cheated on her he told her he had changed and after 12 years of not communicating with her. She is moving out of state to be with him. Her daughter is going to college this year and she has no ties to her home.
When I told her I love her she rejected it as a trick to get her to stay. She is a wonderful Christian woman and actually I felt an answer to my prayer that I asked God. I always told her she was my Angel sent to me from God. What she did is totally out of her nature and beliefs. I told her I can't keep her but I love her and would be here.
Then to make thngs worse I lost my job this month. I feel this is in God's plan too.
I really try to have Faith that she is God's plan for me and I have a hard time with believing she'll be back, I need prayers to help my Faith stay strong. I also know that like Love Faith is easy to say you have but hard to follow. I Love our Lord and try to show Him that Love isn't just a word by changing the sinful things in my life. Please pray that I don't faulter and I accept God's will. Whatever it may be.
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