Shalom beloveds
Divorce is often looked upon with sadness, sympathy, shame or pity. People rarely celebrate divorce, because it was never within God’s plan to be a thing of triumph or praise. But unfortunately, there are circumstances that allow for this. Some of the reasons for divorce are adultery, abuse and being unequally yoked.
The year 2020 was painful and liberating at the same time, for me. It was the year I was unemployed for the longest time, since my first employment. It was the year I found out that my abusive husband (at the time) was STILL a drug addict and adulterer. It was the year I had a miscarriage, and this particular loss hit me deeper than my prior losses. But, it was also the year I started a business, finally got to heal, learned to embrace and love myself wholeheartedly.
Divorce was the last thing on my mind, but the Lord made it clear that abuse was never His will for me and He gave me a choice to decide which woman I wanted to be: did I want to be the woman who dies at the hand of her abuser or did I want to be the woman who puts a stop to the abuse by leaving. I realised, then and there, that I didn’t want to be just another woman who was living her whole marriage enduring abuse and possibly being murdered by her husband. So I chose to be the woman who leaves her abusive husband, picks up the broken pieces of her life and allow the Lord to heal her, so that she can start over. I left my violent, narcissist, drug addicted, adulterer ex-husband and divorced him… I left for good.
I am living proof that a post-divorce ‘glow up’ does exist! Today marks 5 years since I officially got divorced. The Lord knows I cried way too many tears and lost way too much time within that toxic marriage. As I look back, I am reminded of the many memories, goals, blessings, laughter and love that I’ve received and achieved through Yeshua. In addition to this, I can see that the seeds of my harvest were waiting on my obedience to grow and flourish. These seeds were dormant and awaiting for me to pour the Living Water onto them and feed them the Bread of Life. My heart is happy, because for the first time in my life I can truly believe that I AM STRONG… words that I used to hear and say in disbelief.
Thank you for reading, till next time…
Peace and blessings in Yeshua.
