Newby from Alberta, Canada

Laurie Lou · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: Newby from Alberta, Canada

I'm very glad to have found this website. I am married to a non-follower and can't wait to connect with fellow Christians who may be going through the same struggles that I am. I love my husband dearly and constantly pray for him that he will accept Christ as his Lord and Savior.

God Bless!

PrysdieHeer! · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject:

Nice to meet you sister!
Hope you can find what you seek!
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Prys die Heer!

Nobby · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:15 pm Post subject:

Hi Laurie Lou, "Welcome" I'm glad you found this website also! Very Happy

My wife of 50+ years married a non-follower!
We had some interesting discussions for a lot of years after that! I was saved about 40 years a go & my life has has not been the same sense. You hang in there he'll come around. Just love him & don't push him!

Laurie, You make yourself at home, & enjoy yourself.
If you have any questions ask me or one of the mod's.
We would be glad to help if we can. Very Happy

Laurie Lou · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject:

Congratulations on your long and happy marriage!!! Thank you for your warm welcome. I'm looking for a discussion group regarding unequally yolked marriages. I had a great idea to start a support group in my community and I would call it...wait for it....."Unyolked Folks".... Do you think it would fly?? HaHa! (That sounds more like a group for people who are 'quacked'! Very Happy

Kidding aside, I believe that satan is having a grand ol time as long as my husband remains on his life path. Unfortunately, I do not possess the skill to bring him to know the Lord, but instead my 'witnessing' becomes more like a nag fest. I know I can't force him to become a believer and that I'm to just love him (warts and all). I pray for him...alot...and ask God for patience (but please hurry!! ha ha). If you could point me in the right direction on where I would find some guidance and support, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks!

Plotinus · Tiger Joined: 15 May 2007 Posts: 843 Location: Canada

Hi Laurie Lou. I used to live in Edmonton back more than thirty years ago. Sadly, I have had few opportunities to visit over the years. ... (thinks) ... I guess Calgary (+ Banff) in 2000. I doubt that I would recognise Calgary and Edmonton these days with the oil boom and growth there.

Nobby · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:32 pm Post subject:

Laurie Lou, you could start a thread about unequally yolked marriages. In one of the others forums. (this one is for introduction.
But there's quite a difference in:
"Uneaqually yolked marriages & Unyolked marriages."
So ....."Unyolked Folks".... would be folks living together
unmarried! Very Happy

Wouldn't that be right? Smile

I think a thread would be enteresting! Very Happy

Nobby

Laurie Lou · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 5:28 pm Post subject:

You are so right about my incorrect grammar! I was using the term as a cute catch phrase...I can just imagine how the dialogues would go. Thanks for your direction. Take care

pastor2022 · Moderator Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 693

Welcome and glad that you're here! Hope that you will enjoy being here! God bless.

Nobby · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:46 pm Post subject:

Hi Laurie Lou,
"Uneaqually Yolked Folks"......Hmmm might have some merit! Maybe you could get some post from both side of the fence! Very Happy

Nobby

lone-traveler · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:55 pm Post subject:

Hi Laurie Lou,
It's nice to meet you.
I guess you could say I'm an unequally yolked folk too..lol
I think men are like kids and they follow examples.
If left on their own they get into all kinds of trouble.. Wink

I'm thinking when the bible says how do you know whether you will save your unbelieving husband or wife..that if you set a good example they just might follow..
So maybe it's not so much what we say but what we do that counts.. Very Happy

My hubby has a wondering eye..
he'll see something like..hmm a set of new tires or a shiny new box and say..it sure would be nice to have "those".
I gently remind him that "those" belong to someone else and if he wants them we should "buy" them at the store.
well, that was when I first met him..years ago..
his eyes wander less now..so maybe just gentle reminders is a way to save the unbelievers..lol..
Very Happy

hugs
lone

Laurie Lou · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject:

Thank you for your response Lone. I wish that it was as innocent as "tires" or a new shiny "box" that my husband seems drawn to being curious about. I'm hurting and the pain just won't leave me. I know that I should forgive him and love him, and I try very hard, but resentment is building and a wedge is forming in our relationship. When I "ever so gently remind him" that his curiousity has no place in our marriage, he responds by saying that he feels he will never measure up and that I should have married a missionary! I get my words jumbled up when I try to tell him about God's will and what I want to say to him never comes out right. Embarassed

I'm wanting to find a support network but haven't had any luck so far. I see alot of men posting in this website which is AWESOME!!! But I need to make some connections with women who are facing the same heartaches and how they are coping. (no offence guys!) Thanks for listening!

Ardnassdac · Goldfish Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 56 Location: Wales

Welcome

I am a non-believer I suppose.
I do not really follow a religion,
And this is why I started posting on this site.

I have realised that you cannot force your view onto other, just as you cannot make them willlingly walk off a cliff. They have to want to believe.

I have a friend who is very into satanism etc, and I have tried many-a-time to convince him it's not the right path. I have actually given up, because he will not listen to the slightest thing I say..

I agree with Lone, that it is all about setting an example. When I first joined, I'd never really looked at the bible. However when I saw people quoting the bible and refering to it, I began to do so as well.

A suggestion.
All people are curious, so leave your bible out, in plain view. Maybe, if you are not in the house, curiosity may get the better of him, and he will have a look.

There is a time and a place for everything, other than suttle guestures and hints, there is not much you can do. If he is meant to find God, he will do it in his own time. Until then, you must love him and support him in any decigion he makes.

Life isn't about what religion you follow, it's about who you are, and how much you love!

Good luck with everything

Love is the door, love is the key
Ardy
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lone-traveler · Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 8:15 am Post subject:

Hi Laurie Lou,