Case 664
My wife and I have been separated for two years. We have a two and a half-year-old daughter. It hurts when I visit my daughter and have to leave her again to return to my own home. I have wanted God to change my heart and help me not to feel resentment and unforgiveness. But I realize that even though I read the Bible, meditate on it, and pray, there is no change in me.... [...]
Case 663
When I was five years old, my mother got together with a man that she met at her workplace. As the months went by, he began to sexually abuse me. I told my mother twice, but she never did anything about it. Instead, she married the man and had a child with him. Now I am twenty-six years old and I feel an enormous amount of resentment in my heart. I know that she’s my [...]
Case 662
Caso 662 My childhood was not a good one. I was sexually abused by my father when I was eight years old. Now, tragically, I followed in his footsteps and did the same thing to my daughter. I am now serving a sentence for what I did. I feel guilty and hate myself for what happened. Is it true that God won’t forgive a sexual offender? Why did I relive that shamefulness? Why did the [...]
Case 661
I became a widower four years ago. I was left with two sons, one who is thirty-two years old and married, and the other who is twenty-six and single. Six months ago, I got engaged to a forty-year-old woman because I don’t want to be alone. But my twenty-six-year-old son still lives at home, and he is a little difficult. I want to know if I have done the right thing. Dear Friend, Thank you [...]
Case 660
I have belonged to a certain religion all of my life, but I don’t want to go back because some people there won’t take “no” for an answer. This bothers me a lot. To have a healthy relationship with God is it necessary to belong to a specific religion? Dear Friend, Religious groups and churches are sometimes not very different from many clubs, organizations, or sports’ teams. There are members who would die for what [...]
Case 659
The Bible says that only God the Father knows when the final events of humanity will take place.... I think that those events cause many of us to wonder, and some people to feel terrified about the impending last judgment. What should the attitude of the Christian be when faced with the real possibility that these events will happen? Dear Friend, You are asking about the events that the Bible describes as being part of [...]
Case 658
Three years ago, I hid a pregnancy up until the time that I gave birth. I didn’t know what to do, so I abandoned the child. I already had an eight-year-old son, and it was a very difficult situation. I couldn’t manage the expenses and I also didn’t want anyone to know that I had failed, but now I feel terrible. I just had another child with my current husband, and holding this baby in [...]
Case 657
When I was twenty-three, I got pregnant with my first child. My father pressured me into living with the father of my child, who is now my husband. We have been together for fifteen years and have three children, but I have never been able to love him.... I know that he loves me, and I do want the best for my children. Sometimes I feel like throwing in the towel. I’m not really happy. [...]
Case 656
Two years ago, my wife left to live in another country. She met a guy there and had a romantic relationship with him. She later confessed this betrayal, and I forgave her, but I lost trust in her. Now she wants to divorce me for that man. I don’t want our marriage to be over, because I love her and believe that God can restore our marriage.... But in the meantime, I am suffering a [...]