Yesterday, God answered a prayer that I had been praying for over a year. My son was returned to me for good. When I left my abusive husband for the last time, he hid our oldest son from me. Because we were married, we each had equal rights to custody of the children. So, my son remained in his custody until a final hearing was ruled upon.
God is so good. He not only returned my son to me, the court ruled/acknowledged/documented that the charges my husband made against me that I was the abuser were bogus, retaliatory, and absurb (often perpetrators pretend that the victim of his abuse is the predominant agressor if she fights him back). My soon to be ex-husband will finally get the mental health help he needs (I've been praying for that for a long time). I have a permanent protective order and the abuse by him is affirmed (it took 3 wives and an abused girlfriend for this to finally be acknowledged).
I am so thankful. I knew that God had everything already worked out long ago. I never imagined just how completely things would have been restored. Do any of us really know the power of prayer? I do. In spite of how everything looked so completely hopeless at times, I chose to trust God.
I remember praising Him in between the tears; reaching out for the Bible reading the Psalms over and over again; the song, "All your promises are true" constantly playing in my head; resisting the temptation to put my hands in the mess to do things the way I thought they should be done. Thank you, Father for giving the wisdom and discernment to move when you wanted me to move in the situation.
I am a living testimony to the fact that reading God's Word, prayer, and separating yourself from those who mean well but distract you from God's message increase your faith. I know walking down this path -- His path -- is the right path for me. Won't you try Him?
Last edited by Dountonia - Baptist Site; 11/11/08 02:36 PM.
