Monday, 25 January 2016

How do you get to "no doubting"

I am not sure if it is complacency, numbness but I no longer fear him.  I actually feel sorry for him and wish I knew what I could do to help him.

This is an illness, but it is not a illness that is normal.  It is not take two aspirin and call me in the morning or something that a bandage fixes or surgery can remove.

What scares me the most is the future.  Living in a relationship that is less and less something to look forward to.  Living more and more independently as I will not remain at home feeling sorry for myself.  That The joy of Christ is not a common thing we can share. That he can find such horrendous things to say to undermine what Christ does.

Son volunteered at a Christian winter retreat and he obliterated any sense of purity by saying to him he didn't care if he had fun, a good time or got laid, so long as he got enough sleep before he drove home.  (It is a lengthy drive, but that was uncalled for)

A recurring theme so far this year is making the right decision.  What is the right decision.  I said when all this started, that I would not be that woman, 7 years later, tearfully pouring my heart out about what my husband's drinking is doing to me.

Here I am over 7 years later and though I may not be tearful, I am disappointed that I am unable to change things.  Granted I know that God can and I have not been diligent in praying for his hand in all of this, but I have prayed earnestly for Him to heal, to look after him and to make it stop.  I also know that it is God's time and that I am stronger now, but I am actually now reluctant to think about what the next steps might be.

If this is sickness, and the patient refuses treatment, then do I really stay?
If this is no longer the right place, then what is?
Is it a matter of fearing the results of this or fearing making the break?

Even if I tried to seek a separation to force him to get some help, something tells me that it would be the end and he would never forgive me.

James 1:5-6English Standard Version (ESV)

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

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