Continued from "Thirty-five Years of Marriage--Part 1"
God seemed to be telling me to return to Tom but surely I wasn't hearing correctly! I fought long and hard with God about that until finally I put the whole thing to a test--a test that was so weighted in favour of what I wanted, that it could only be God if it went the other way.
It went the other way. I was so mad at God! Why? Why? Why?
Amazingly, when I showed up at Tom's door, pregnant, and told him that God seemed to want me to return to him, he was so eager he wanted me to move in right then--even when I told him how I really didn't want to. He didn't care. He wanted me back, child and all.
As I drove the six hours back to Regina, I cried and railed at God for sending me back to hell. I would obey him and return to Tom but my thoughts were defiant and angry. Strangely, things began to change in me as I drove until I was singing praises to God for what he had done. I was actually looking forward to my…
God seemed to be telling me to return to Tom but surely I wasn't hearing correctly! I fought long and hard with God about that until finally I put the whole thing to a test--a test that was so weighted in favour of what I wanted, that it could only be God if it went the other way.
It went the other way. I was so mad at God! Why? Why? Why?
Amazingly, when I showed up at Tom's door, pregnant, and told him that God seemed to want me to return to him, he was so eager he wanted me to move in right then--even when I told him how I really didn't want to. He didn't care. He wanted me back, child and all.
As I drove the six hours back to Regina, I cried and railed at God for sending me back to hell. I would obey him and return to Tom but my thoughts were defiant and angry. Strangely, things began to change in me as I drove until I was singing praises to God for what he had done. I was actually looking forward to my…