Bible Study

Recently I started a bible study for some of the military wives that I have been blessed enough to meet. It was hard for me and I will readily admit it took me a few months to become obedient to God in this. I am not sure that I was scared as much as it was "God when I find the time to do the laundry I will find time to do the bible study." So here I am with my laundry still undone but doing a bible study. It scared the crud outta me as of late because of the spiritually attacks that have some to some of the ladies in the group and even outta the group. BUT today I was so encouraged to see how God used our little group and even me (without having to spit me outta the belly of a big fish to get me here). With her permission I am going to share what one of the ladies in the group wrote. We will call her C. She has had a rough go of it lately and here's what she had to say

A   "After 6.5 years of a roller coaster marriage my husband and I had finally reached a breaking point. Trust had been broken, hurtful words have been said and finally we reached the point of divorce. He is currently deployed and told me that he didn’t think that we should continue on in our marriage. I was devastated to say the least. I had amazing friends and family to turn to but I felt so alone. I decided it was time to get back to my roots and crack open the Bible. After a few days my husband came around but it still wasn’t an overly loving situation. That lasted about a week and then it was back to “I want a divorce”. I was just not able to accept that answer and I prayed and prayed and had friends pray and I let him know that I was going to stand by him no matter what. I emailed him and told him that I would give him his space and to know that I was here supporting him and remaining a faithful wife while he figured himself out. I had turned it all over to God, there was nothing else I could do. Every time I wanted to write him a frantic email begging him to just take back those words I prayed instead. I told God to let me know what he wanted me to do. I would wait it out and the urge to email and it would go away. He finally responded to my email and his words gave me some hope but still not enough to shake the hurt I had. I was then urged to go to a Bible study that is lead by an awesome friend (Jessica!), I cried and she hugged me and reassured me. Then we prayed some more. After the Bible study was over I stopped by to see my husband’s Chaplain. He was walking out of the building as I was walking in; I believe God set it so we would meet. I left that meeting in tears and I knew it had to get better. I came home and prayed some more (at this point I’m starting to think God must be getting sick of me! Haha). I took a nap and rolled over just in time to see my husband on Facebook. It started out in a weird state as he said our only contact was going to be via email. The devil is working in him as he asked me what was with all the religious “crap” as I had told him to pray in the email I sent and I had just went to Bible study. However, as the conversation progressed he came around. I told him that I would be here waiting for him for as long as it took. He said he knew and asked what would happen if it took years, I said I would never give up on you or us. FOREVER you're my best friend. He then responded with the best thing I could have ever read in my life… “Okay good, cause even when it seems I am, I wouldn’t either.” You’re my best friend too.  Now, I’m smart enough to know that the battle isn’t over and that we’ve got a long way to go but that sure beats the “D” word. I give all the thanks go God, and my friends who were willing to pray and comfort me and told me over and over to just give it to God. There really is power in prayer."

     Yay for what God can do.... I am so excited to see how he uses our small little group