Well despite my prayers and yours, this marriage of mine has come to an end. My husband has decided to give up on this marriage, and to be honest, although I was fighting so hard for it, I can not take the meotional/mental and verbal abuse anymore. I have cried a river these last few weeks. This has hurt me so bad. This has hurt my son so bad. Now I am stuck living in his house, dependent on him to support me financially until I can get a teaching job so I can move out. It is a horrible situation and I am asking for prayers please. Prayers for a safe stay while my son and I have to be here, prayers for quick healing of the heart, and prayers that I will find a good teaching job soon so that my son and I can leave. Thank you.

I am still fighting for my marriage. I have only been married 1.5 months and there have been ups and downs but lots more downs than ups. I really want to fight for my marriage. I don't know that my husband Greg and I will make it without lots of prayer and marriage counseling. I am hoping he is willing to go to marriage counseling and really try to work things out. I know that we both love each other but we are struggling with how to live together sometimes and we have lots of problems with communication. Please say a prayer for us. I crumpled to the floor and sobbed for 30 minutes today, begging God to please help me. I am 40 years old and I even cried out loud "I want my mommy!" That is how much I am hurting. Your prayers would be very appreciated.

I am newly married. Today is my 1 month anniversary. I am very in love with my husband but it has been a very rough first month. We both have children and it has been very difficult coming into a blended family situation. There have been so many fights and so many tears. I have lain awake all night more than once. I have crumpled to the floor and sobbed. My heart has been so heavy at times that it felt like it weighs 100 lbs. However I take the sanctity of marriage very seriously and I don't take the commitment I made to my husband, in front of the Lord as I made a vow and a promise lightly. The last 2 days after terrible terrible fighting (not physical...nothing like that), my husband and I were finally getting along wonderfully. I had such hope. Then today I find out that he was deceiving me by keeping something from me. I know he kept it from me because he didn't want to fight with me, but deception is worse than fighting in my opinion. Lying by omission is still lying and if you can't trust your own spouse then it makes it hard to have a healthy marriage because trust plays a pivotal role in a healthy marriage. Please please pray for myself and my husband Greg. I don't want this to be the next 40 or 50 years of my life. I don't want to feel "stuck" in an unhappy marriage but I don't believe in giving up and giving in either. We made a commitment before God. Please pray for healing and for a strong marriage that isn't filled with anger, hurt, and deception. Thank you and God Bless you.

On July 13th I will be getting married to the love of my life. I have a 9 year old son and he has an 11 yr old son, who is mildly autistic, and a 16 yr old daughter. Blending families always poses challenges, especially when a special needs child is in the mix. I am asking for prayers that God blesses our marriage and my new extended family. I also have an entire house to pack up and clean in just a few weeks. I am overwhelmed at all that needs to be done and need motivation and discipline to do so. I have lived here for a decade and to pack up an entire house by myself just seems like such a large task but I know it needs to get done.