Help me save our marriage before this divorce is final

by Karen
(Pennsylvania)

Help me save our marriage before this divorce is final: I previously posted a prayer request and I'm asking for your continued prayers. My husband of 13 years filed for divorce and I was served in mid-October. I'm devastated and do NOT want this divorce in any way,shape or form. My marriage vows are a sacred COVENANT with God and each other. Covenants are not meant to be broken! There are many Scripture passages condemning divorce and instructing us on God's will for marriage. Please refer to Malachi 2:16 ("The God of Israel hates divorce") and Matthew 19, to name just two. From everything I've read, the only acceptable reason for divorce in God's eyes are if there's been marital infidelity (adultery) committed by either spouse. To my knowledge, this is not the case with us. Neither I, nor my husband have had sexual relations with other people, therefore I believe that God expects us to stay married and honor our vows to Him and each other.

I love my husband very much and I'm 100% committed to him and our marriage. I realize I can't control my husband (or anyone else), but I can control myself. As such, I've been trying to improve on my shortcomings and weaknesses, asking God to reveal them to me. Please pray that God also works in my husband. Pray that the Holy Spirit indwells in him, creating an inescapable, undeniable desire to know and serve the Lord and be obedient to His teachings. Please pray that God burdens my husband for his choice to divorce me and doesn't give him peace until he chooses to reconcile with me and honor our marriage vows. Please pray that God creates a spark within my husband, which ignites into a raging fire of love and desire for me (and Him) which can't be extinguished ever again!

Please also pray that my husband's heart and mind are softened towards me. Pray that my husband begins to see and love me through God's eyes, just as I've prayed that I'd see and love my husband through His eyes too. Pray that we both choose to forgive each other with the help of God and are able to trust each other over time. Pray that we replace all negative, sinful attitudes, behaviors and thoughts (ie: selfishness, apathy, distrust, hate, anger, bitterness, resentment, unforgiveness, hostility, disrespect, unappreciative, etc.) with Christ-like qualities (the opposite of everything listed above!).

Most importantly, please pray for God to dissolve the discord and divorce, but NOT OUR MARRIAGE!, and RESOLVE us to reconcile, restore, renew, rebirth, rebuild, recommit, recreate, redesign, rejuvinate our marriage with God @ the center from this day forward. Pray for God to breath new life into our marriage and to wrap us and our marriage in his loving arms, shielding us/it with His armor and protecting us from Satan's attacks. "What God has joined together, let nothing separate".

In closing, I truly believe in the power of prayer. I know that intercessory prayer said by fellow Believers who stand in agreement with God's teachings enables God to perform amazing miracles. Thank you for your prayers and for standing in agreement with me for restoration of my marriage. May God pour out His blessings on each of you for blessing me with your prayers of support.