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Hi from UK

Anna said:
Hi everyone. I'm Anna from the UK. I'm 44 and a scientist. My kids are grown up and I find myself looking to discover the real meaning for my life. I was raised LDS but left that over 16 years ago. These days I would say I'm just Christian rather than a particular church. I think that's down mainly to not having a husband to lead me.
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Great to meet you Anna. What type of science, out of interest?
 
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Welcome Anna!
 
It’s pretty dern rare all over ... but praise God He is reviving Truth about marriage and Headship and family in His body in these last days! (Isaiah 4:1)

While the modern Christian church is focused on children’s ministry, youth ministry, music ministry, Christian yoga ministry, etc... the “family” is broken and falling apart, and getting worse each generation. (great book to read along those lines is “The Great Omission” by Clyde L. Pilkington Jr.)
Sadly pastors these days are all to eager to step in and usurp the Headship and authority of a husband... it’s shameful to see them adding to the problems within marriages and families, rather than addressing the real Scriptural issues & root causes of the symptoms seen on the surface.

Oops I started preaching I think :D lol
Didn’t mean to high jack your into page sis.

You seem to have a good humble heart attitude going into this @Anna ... hope you are made to feel right at home here in BF-ville.
 
rustywest4 said:
It’s pretty dern rare all over ... but praise God He is reviving Truth about marriage and Headship and family in His body in these last days! (Isaiah 4:1)

While the modern Christian church is focused on children’s ministry, youth ministry, music ministry, Christian yoga ministry, etc... the “family” is broken and falling apart, and getting worse each generation. (great book to read along those lines is “The Great Omission” by Clyde L. Pilkington Jr.)
Sadly pastors these days are all to eager to step in and usurp the Headship and authority of a husband... it’s shameful to see them adding to the problems within marriages and families, rather than addressing the real Scriptural issues & root causes of the symptoms seen on the surface.

Oops I started preaching I think :D lol
Didn’t mean to high jack your into page sis.

You seem to have a good humble heart attitude going into this @Anna ... hope you are made to feel right at home here in BF-ville.
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Thanks. Yes everyone here is being lovely. I'm really glad I joined.
I agree about your statement on pastors. I was married in the LDS church to an abusive man. The bishop did marriage counselling and rather then helping he just told me that you dont leave your husband no matter what he does to you. It made my husband worse as he knew he had justification rather than needing to change. So 16 years ago I left LDS and my husband. I packed up my kids and left.
 
@Anna
I heard a pastor recently say that there are countless reasons in Scripture given to justify a woman divorcing her husband, but that a man is instructed not to divorce his wife. o_O The fact is, there are a couple instances where a wife may be justified Biblically in departing from her husband (abuse & neglect can be argued as such reasons... there are several threads on BF here where these topics have been thoroughly debated and hashed out btw :)).... but God surely does hate divorce, and the first order of business should always be to try to reconcile and heal the marriage... even if there is infidelity.
Sorry to hear about the hardships you endured during your previous marriage.
 
I felt as a,parent of 2 young sons that to stay would be more harmful than to leave. Yes I agree its complicated and horrible and wasnt something I ever thought I would do. Unfortunately it was the situation I was in. Thankfully I was blessed with a good education and 2 healthy good sons that were a pleasure to raise.
Plus the experience has taught me what I want in a husband.
 
I wouldn’t assume to understand your past marital situation enough to judge your decisions Ms. Anna. Hope I didn’t come across condemning in my statements. What I can understand is a mother’s nurturing concern for her children and desire to protect them.

Coming to an understanding of Biblical Headship and a truer understanding of Biblical marriage therein, makes it much more difficult to look at divorce in as lightly a manner as does the modern western church. ... I myself have suffered through the hardship and heartache of a divorce... I wouldn’t wish it on anyone... but I am thankful for God’s grace and mercy through it all! He redeems and restores!
 
Anna said:
Thanks. I think there are very few of us this side? In the uk it's pretty rare except in Muslim families.
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Yeah, I think there are only a few in UK that are active on this site. I live in the NL with @1stWife@Home (not living PM yet) and we know of one other family. Then you have Ireland and Germany and that's it I think. Not that much unfortunately :(. Let's pray that we in Europe will outnumber the US in a short while :p:D
 
I'm in belfast so it's pretty unheard of here. I would love to go to a meeting sometime so I guess it's going to be a long flight for me lol
 
Anna said:
I would love to go to a meeting sometime so I guess it's going to be a long flight for me lol
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Yeah, a retreat in US is also high on our wish list too. But maybe we can organise a European retreat somewhere in the future and reduce the travel time...
 
Welcome to BF. I live in the States, but I’d travel to Ireland for a retreat :D. It’s a place I’d love to visit given the chance.
I hope you learn a lot and make friends here too!!
 
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