Case 673
I am a thirty-six-year-old man. Thirteen years ago, I met the woman that I live with now. She was married when I met her, with three children, and separated from her husband. Back then I didn’t know anything about Biblical teachings. Now that I am a follower of Christ, I realize that I shouldn’t have gotten together with a married woman. We have two children together.... What should I do? Should I leave the relationship [...]
Case 672
I suffer from ludopathy. Because of the vice of gambling in casinos, I lost my job, got into debt, and gambled everything away. I still gamble with the little that I earn. I have a family, but I keep doing the same thing and can’t find a way to extricate myself from it. Dear Friend, {We are very sorry to hear about your situation. It is clear that your entire family has been affected.} We [...]
Case 671
When I was about five years old, my father sexually abused me many times. No one in my family ever found out, and this is the first time that I am telling anyone about it. I already forgave my father, but because of him I am very distrustful about having a romantic relationship. I don’t know if I should tell any future boyfriend about the abuse that I suffered, or if I should continue to [...]
Case 670
For five years I have had a girlfriend in another country. I have been saving money so that I can move there and make a life with her. However, lately my savings keep running out. It seems like there is always something that keeps me from getting ahead and reaching the monetary goal necessary to make the move as I want to. I always have very mediocre jobs, so I never earn a good salary.... [...]
Case 669
I was born when my birth mother was very young. From the beginning, I was told that my grandparents were my biological parents. It’s just that when my biological mother got married, I stayed with my grandparents and have always called them Mom and Dad. However, sometimes I feel like my grandmother treats me and my sister (who is biologically my aunt) differently. My grandmother encourages her to further her education, but not me. These [...]
Case 668
I received a friend request on Facebook from my father, whom I have not heard from for the past thirty years. When I was seven, he abandoned us for another woman and the family that he made with her. I overheard him asking my mother to tell us that he was dead and that we should forget him. We never searched for him, and I have already forgiven him; but I’m not the least bit [...]
Case 667
For a while I’ve been feeling that I’m being treated unjustly at work. Several detrimental decisions have been made regarding my work, which I believe are due to my having responded honestly, and negatively, on a survey about my boss’ interaction and communication with me. I’ve been a good worker, I never miss a day, and I’ve even stopped reporting overtime after working extra hours. I have always done my job with painstaking care and [...]
Case 666
I am the mother of two beautiful children and have been married for twelve years. But I have resentment in my heart against my husband. We lived with my in-laws for ten years. They treated me very badly: my father-in-law as an alcoholic, and my mother-in-law as a gossip and troublemaker. My husband never took up for me, and never did a thing to get us out of there.... Now we live on our own, [...]
Case 665
A few months ago, I moved to another country to live with my father. I am twenty-two years old, and my parents divorced twenty years ago.... My father is now with another woman, but he continues to loathe my mother. Ever since I moved in with him... he has become very violent. He hasn’t actually hit me, because my stepmother has intervened; but he has said that, if he wants to, just like he brought [...]