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Post by Sharon on Dec 27, 2019 17:28:23 GMT -5
Hey guys,
It’s been too long since a post!
I got word in March that Chris was engaged. It wounded me but didn’t deter me from my stand.
In June 2019 though God gave me a new word. “Will you give up this promise back to me if I ask for it?” Like Abraham putting his promised son on the altar. But my answer was yes, this promise was yours to give and is yours to take back. You are the one on the throne of my heart, not my stand or the promise. So I gave up control and I gave it back to God.
2 days after that moment, I am feeling free finally, but depressed over the stand. It’s all I have ever known and what do I do now? I felt God calling me out of hiding and I followed him into my fearful unknown.
And there was someone waiting there. I really believe he is someone God allowed into my life to help me move forward. We’ve been talking, praying, texting for 5 months.
I am grateful to God for this man. He moved me forward into further healing. He has been protection for me. In October, Chris got remarried. It should have broken my heart. It did not sting even a little bit. Gods given me a new hope for my future.
I am so so grateful for the stand. It hasn’t come to the plan that I hoped for, but I am grateful. God has created a new person in me from the ashes. He has used me to heal others who are hurting through divorce. And I would never have met this man without the stand. I have started a ministry for counseling and blogs.
StandingForSalvation.com if you would like to check it out!
Don’t be sad for me. I still believe that God restores broken marriages. I’ve just come to a new understanding. God can do anything. He wants to heal my spouses heart and restore our marriage. If my spouse is willing, God will restore hearts and marriages. And that is where it fell out in my marriage. Chris heard Gods voice calling him. And he stubbornly continues into the world and his sin. God will not ever give up on pursuing him, ever. I am certain of that. But God sees the beginning from the end and wants to bless and reward my love and pursuit of Him. He has changed the desires of my heart. I still pray for Chris’s salvation and I will always until the day I die, but it will not be for my benefit. I am satisfied. God is so good and I am so content.
Thank you guys for your continued prayers. Please check out my ministry when you have the time. If any of you is interested in being a guest blogger too, let me know. I am not inviting most to join, but y’all have been in the fire with me. I love you all. God is so good!
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Post by Sharon on Oct 21, 2020 11:51:30 GMT -5
Hey guys! I wanted to give another update. I don't know if any of you still check this forum anymore, but I pray for you all regularly! So many exciting things God has been doing in my life. I wanted to let you know that I broke up with Jay. God made it very clear to me that it was a counterfeit and not the best plan He has for my life. So I am waiting again, but so happily, joyfully, with peace and contentment! I don't know if God is going to restore the marriage or bring me someone new or leave me in the contentment of being single, but I am so full of joy and God is so good! This season is the most amazing, wonderful, prosperous, blessed and joyful season of my life! PRAISE GOD! Check out my ministry website at www.StandingForSalvation.com I am still blogging there. I've also added new ministry opportunities - a bookstore, which reminds me. I WROTE A BOOK! God blessed me with this incredible story through the middle of my divorce and recovery and blessed me to write it in this really way. www.standingforsalvation.com/product-page/the-middle-a-journey-through-the-valleyThat's the link to purchase it if you'd like a physical copy, but I also have it on Kindle for much cheaper! If you guys would like a copy and can't afford it, please let me know and I will send it to you! You have been the most amazing friends and brought me through so much of my journey by being God's voice to me. I would not be where I am today without you guys. God is so amazing to have brought us all together like this! I am also still teaching Divorce Care at my church and enjoying it so much. I see blessing after blessing after blessing being poured out in that! With Covid, I've been teaching the women in my home and it's awesome. I feel like God gave me back my home to steward for His purposes and He is doing that. Wow, I am so blessed! I'm also leading a women's Bible study and we are going through Daniel by Beth Moore. It's been amazing. My kids are doing well! Christian is in 3rd grade this year (in an actual classroom!) Still at his Christian school, which I am becoming more and more grateful for as this world continues to flourish in it's wickedness. I've had provision after provision come from the Lord. Blessings and confirmations that my kids are supposed to be at this amazing school. God is so good. My sweet babygirl, Naomi is 4, going on 5! I can't believe how fast these kids grow up! She's in her last year of preschool and learning how to read! They are both sweet, amazing, wonderful kids! They have missionaries hearts. My daughter is always going to people and telling them that Jesus died on a cross and 3 days later he came back to life! Oh, I love it! It makes my heart so joyful to see my kids loving the Lord! Thank you God for separating us, so that my children can grow in love with you! What a season of Joy He has brought us into. I pray that you all are experiencing his great Joy and blessing too! There is an amazing ministry I recommend if you guys can check it out. It's called "Undone, Redone" and their catch line is "Our Divorce didn't work out" I love it! They were divorced 6 years and restored! I have another amazing friend with the same testimony, that she and her husband were divorced for 6 years and restored! Guys, God can do it and He does do it! I pray you are all still standing, and if not standing, then you've made it to restoration! I know God has great plans for us! Whatever the plan is, He promises to be there for us in the future and that's all that we need! |
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Post by Adrienne on Dec 13, 2020 3:23:37 GMT -5
Sharon - I hopped on this forum for the first time in over a year and how beautiful to find your message. I love to hear your updates. I will text you soon so we can catch up! Or feel free to text me!
I have also bookmarked your book to purchase - praise be to God for that victory!
Like you, I'm unsure if anyone is still checking into this forum. I looked at our member stats and it seems everyone is inactive... but I still remember this group very fondly and will always treasure the support it provided over multiple years of heartache and desperate searching.
As for some updates on my end: my divorce from G was finalized in July of this year after almost 2 years of separation. I have released the marriage after tremendous pain over a long period of time. The road since then has been rocky and difficult. Living in a new city for the past year and a half, plus the current pandemic, has presented unique challenges and I don't think I've handled them well. I can admit that I have distanced myself from God, but I know that He is always, always with me, and I am trying to find a clearer path back to Him.
My work is challenging but it is going well. I put tons of energy into it always and though I am frequently exhausted, it is rewarding to see returns. In this season, my work and a couple of close friendships are the key threads of my life. Communication with my ex is very limited, but cordial. He has found his own way back to God, and for that I shall praise the Lord - He works in mysterious ways!!! - although I confess that sometimes this nourishes a seed of bitterness in my heart, since my ex was never open to reconciliation with God while we were together, and especially because I myself am currently struggling in my identity as a Christian.
I continue to pray for you all! God is faithful and good, of that I am endlessly sure.
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Post by Sharon on Nov 30, 2021 23:59:22 GMT -5
Adrienne, I am so sorry to hear about the divorce. I just very recently became friends with this amazing lady who was with this man Andrew 12 years ago and they got pregnant and he told her to have an abortion. She left him and had the child and raised him alone for 10 years and during that time, a woman loved and helped her and brought her back to God. During that time, Andrew also came to know the Lord. Their child is now 10 years old and God has restored their relationship! They are engaged and will be getting married next summer! One thing God had taught me over this season of standing is that He sometimes has to break the relationship in order to repair the pieces, so that He can put it back together. I know for me, I didn't really know God as deeply or intimately as I do now. If it hadn't been for my divorce, I never would have. Even if Chris and I are never restored, that is actually okay with me, because I have this overwhelmingly beautiful love with God and it's more then enough. It's way more then I could have imagined and I couldn't have had it if I'd stayed with Chris. God continues to press on my heart to pray for him and for his salvation. It's been officially 6 years since I started standing for Chris to be saved and for the "restoration of our marriage". I don't know if I believe that restoration of marriage is what God has planned for me and him anymore, but salvation for Chris, yes definitely I believe God is tormenting Chris to try to get hold of him and I know that He will. It's a huge blessing to hear that G is coming back to God. Maybe that will actually convict him to return to the wife of his youth. But you've got to do your part too sister. G isn't the reason you loved the Lord. You need to remember your first love is Him and I am praying that God will begin drawing you into the love story He has between you and Him and you will see also that He is enough. Once you've got your feet firmly planted on Him and you know who you are, because it is who He says you are, and you are swimming in His Spirit in love, you will see some miracles happening. I've definitely seen miracles in this journey. It is longer then I'd hoped, but I'm so grateful for it and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I know He will get you there too. Please text me! I changed phones and lost a lot of my contacts in the process. You can email me your number too if you want SharonJonesCostumes@gmail.com Love you lady! Hope to hear from you soon.
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