Q
My husband of thirty years is leaving our family for another woman. We are in the process of a divorce. He is truly mentally ill and has been for many years. He has been verbally and mentally abusive to my children and me. I am having a hard time believing that I will ever be able to accept that the life I believed was in God's will is over and that I will again be happy. The hurt and embarassment of my children and myself is so great. Is it possible to love someone else after such hurt and humiliation and is divorce God's will in some cases?
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Absolutely, you can be happy again! God loves you and your children, and nothing is more important to him than your success in life. Your husband evidently didn't apprciate your love for God, nor did he treat the things of God with honor as he should have.
1Corinthians 7:15 But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances.
Of course your divorce is okay in God's eyes, because the unbeliever left. You aren't bound by any marriage laws according to scripture. You are free to marry again, but you must marry a believer.
2Corinthians 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?
What you believed is God's will for your life has changed. Look forward to what's in the future in his will for you. Put all your efforts into worshipping him and studying his word, then you will receive the anointing that brings true happiness and joy to you and your children.
My prayers are continually with you and God's blessing will be in your future.
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