Amazonian Wednesdays 🌴
November 2003
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“Pastora, I feel like the love I used to have for my husband has died.” Maria, one of the missions school students, was pouring out her hurt to me about a marriage which had brought her much grief. Before she was married, there was a time in her life when she was not serving the Lord and had a child out of wedlock. The young man who would become her husband, Diego, seemed to care for her son, Juanito. She felt safe to marry a Christian who loved her little one as well as her.
Sadly, soon into the marriage he started badly mistreating Juanito and Maria, expressing outright hatred for the boy. So intense was the rejection Juanito received that he eventually decided to live with his grandmother to avoid all the verbal and emotional abuse he was receiving in his home.
I could see the deep motherly pain in Maria’s eyes as she described watching her son suffer profoundly at such a tender age. She shared how for quite a while she had continued to love Diego in spite of his behavior, praying with all her heart for things to change. Raised in a pastor’s home, she knew how to intercede, and she did so, faithfully. However, little by little, the affection she felt for Diego was dying inside of her. Continue reading A Marriage Restored
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