Faith Filled Family Magazine August 2016 | Page 47

o I Let Go?
to yourself. Your life has now become consumed
with saving your marriage and keeping the one
man that you believed would be your soul mate
to the end. The question then becomes, how long
will you suffer through this before God changes his
mind or he finally walks away anyway? You have
to ask yourself if this relationship is even worth the
effect that it is having on your relationship with the
Lord. You have started to see a decline in your
prayer life, because you find that your prayers are
about nothing but the marriage. You are now living
in a new season. One that will ultimately prove to
you that there truly is Life after Love; there is Life
after a bad Marriage and even Divorce.

WHEN YOUR SPOUSE DECIDES TO LEAVE,
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHETHER TO OR HOW
LONG TO PRAY FOR RECONCILIATION?
The unfortunate thing about marriages today is
the fact that couples rarely seek the Lord first for
the right partner. Love is such a fluent emotion
in this generation, yet little is known about the
intense work that comes with it. With love comes
a great commitment. It is a commitment that
builds a strong love and foundation that cannot
be broken if handled with care by both partners.
Still we seesuch a strong desire among so many
people. It’s a desire to feel loved and needed. So
why is this problem within so many marriages?
Why do couples lose the great romance after a
few short years? Could it be that they thought that
love and marriage would be a free gift that would
last forever? I would be willing to argue that most