Please, please pray for our youngest son. His marriage is in trouble and he is so frustrated and worried. His wife is not a Christian and is not interested in doing anything to help him make a better life for the two of them. When he tries to talk to her about things they need to do, she just acts like it is not important or if he tries to force the issue, she cries. She needs your prayers too. Her parents live on the other side of the country and she has nobody here except our son and us. They have been married for three years and our son does not want to let this marriage die. He is even considering re-enlisting in the Army just so he can provide for them better. Thank you my friends.
Praying! God will make a way for this marriage to work out. I am praying for her to feel part of the family and accept the Love from both God and your family. Sometimes it is hard when the family you have always been with growing up is not near.
I thought things were looking better for our son and daughter in law. She even started looking for a job recently. Then tonight I see on Facebook that our son is asking his Army friends about re-enlisting. I probably won't get to talk to them before Sunday night or Monday. Please keep them in your prayers while they work out their plans for the future.
Thank you all for your prayers. I am so worn out from all of the stuff going on that I can hardly think straight. Our daughter in law is on a plane right now headed across the country to where her parents live. I don't think she will be back. As of now they have not done anything about any paperwork to end their marriage, but they are apart and our son is moving out of their house this month. Please continue to pray for both of them. Thanks.
Beth. I am sorry to read about this. ((((((HUGS))))) stay strong. It's hard all you can do is be thete for him.
I am so sorry! (((((Hugs))))) Maybe some time apart will actually help the situation. Early in my marriage my dh and I had some issues that I thought were unresolvable so I left. After a while of being given apart (and a good talk with a friend that had gone through a divorce) I realized I did love my dh and wanted to be with him. It helped that my dh came after me about a week after I left too. I will say it was HARD to get back together but I am so glad we did. I will be praying!
Thanks for your kind words. It is very hard to go through this with our son. Nobody in our family has "split up" in many years so this is very strange to us. Our son is doing okay most of the time. He is back at work today so that will keep his mind busy and she cannot contact him at work. She is sending him a lot of Facebook messages. He wants her to stop and let them both have time to think and work out some things individually, but she doesn't seem to want that at all. He needs to recover and heal from some things that he has told us about but she does not know that we know about a guy she kept having contact with while our son was in Afghanistan. It is just all such a mess right now. I know it will get better with time and I am so glad there are no children involved. That would have just been too much!
I tend to be a worst case first person. A thought that comes to mind is...If the non-believer left, it will be easier on your son if the marriage ultimately fails. Biblically speaking he will be free to start life again. Glad there are no kids if things are bad. I agree with your son not bothering with the silly facebook thing. She cant be two places at once. I would limit it to a single call a night. I would not encourage military service for the purpose of "saving the marriage".
She is sending him messages or calling a lot. She knows he has to work 12 hour shifts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but she calls and wakes him up. He was pretty sad tonight but says he wishes they could make it work but he does not trust her. It is a mess right now, but he is already looking better and seems less stressed. It will take time for him to wrap his mind around all of this. I think he is going to have to let some time pass and take time to think about his future. He misses her but seems happier without her here. I have to admit, it is much easier not having her here. It is hard to explain, but she just makes our son act different. He seems to be on edge when she is with him. I continue to pray for both of them. They are both hurting right now.