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8/13/2020 9:31:56 AM EDT
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CSB, for real.
8/13/2020 9:34:02 AM EDT
[#2]
It’s fantastic that you submitted to the Lord OP, and those kids got to grow up in an intact home.  Praise God indeed!
8/13/2020 9:39:14 AM EDT
[#3]
A rare Arfcom happy marriage story. to both of you.
8/13/2020 9:46:40 AM EDT
[#4]
Sorry to hear OP, went through that many years ago, it can be gut wrenching.
8/13/2020 9:47:05 AM EDT
[#5]
Happy for you both!
8/13/2020 9:49:40 AM EDT
[#6]
Good job. You beat the culture of quitting.

Ive been friends with the same 11 guys since grade school in Philly. None of them, including me is divorced.  It just amazes me that the statistics are 50/50.

Marriage is hard, parenting is hard, life is hard. More people need to fight through the bad times- it's worth it.  We live in a selfish, instant gratification and disposable world. It accounts for many of our problems.
8/13/2020 10:55:53 AM EDT
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Sorry you couldn't make it work out, man.  The long distance thing and all that? I remember your thread from a while ago.


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Yeah -- we've been separated a year now.
8/13/2020 11:04:03 AM EDT
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Praise God.
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Amen.
8/13/2020 11:41:03 AM EDT
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Well done, sir. We had a serious bump in the road several years back. We received mentorship through a wiser couple from our church, the fellowship made all of the difference. I hope that you’re able to help other couples through their issues, people seem to throw the towel in too early, I’m glad you stuck it out.
8/13/2020 8:15:15 PM EDT
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Sorry. Yeah, we worked it out. Or I should say that we're still working it out
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Well said.  Being married for me is constantly compromising and forgiving and forgetting the occasional hurtful moment.  I'm sure my wife has done that many times, as well.  Congratulations on working it out.
8/15/2020 11:25:30 AM EDT
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Just got around to watching that. Man, I'm choked up now
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Hopefully you can forgive me for forgoing the gory details, but as far as overcoming, we began moving in the right direction by attending a program called Re-engage. It was hosted by a megachurch near us.

I was providing absolutely no spiritual leadership in my household at the time, and in the absence of that, I believe that my wife truly felt like she was doing the right thing by filing.

As I started to understand that I could never exercise right leadership without putting myself under the authority of a benevolent, loving, sovereign God, things began to fall in line. When I learned that I could trust him, and that he is good, I started to let go of the lie that I was ultimately in charge. I began to comprehend the example of Jesus as servant/leader. The story of the faith of the Centurion helped me immensely.

Maybe this all comes off as churchy, but for me, it is reality. It was the "natural man" governing my family, a man who knew very little about spiritual things, and who, as I said, was blindly leading the household toward destruction.

Plus, Marriage Bootcamp cost $2,000, and I'm skeptical (especially now) that it would've helped. The church charged us 50 bucks for the Re-engage study guide, and they probably would've just given it to us


Awesome testimony, OP.

Above read like a real life example of the end scene from Courageous.

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Just got around to watching that. Man, I'm choked up now


Yeah. I’ve seen it a number of times and it still gets me. Excellent movie. Throws down the gauntlet to men/fathers.
8/15/2020 12:03:55 PM EDT
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Good job. You beat the culture of quitting.

Ive been friends with the same 11 guys since grade school in Philly. None of them, including me is divorced.  It just amazes me that the statistics are 50/50.

Marriage is hard, parenting is hard, life is hard. More people need to fight through the bad times- it's worth it.  We live in a selfish, instant gratification and disposable world. It accounts for many of our problems.
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Truckload of truth in this post.
8/15/2020 12:24:10 PM EDT
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The half of all marriages end in divorce statistic is misleading.  Sixty percent of first marriages last until one or the other partner dies.

The data is tainted by the fact that some people marry and divorce more than once.

Most people marry and stay married.

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