Case 812
I have been married for forty-four years. But ever since my father died twenty-two years ago, my relationship with my husband changed because I dedicated body and soul to the care of my mother, who is now eighty-two years old. I am her only child. I stopped taking care of my husband because my mother doesn’t like for him to be around. I even had to tell him to move out to keep her from [...]
Case 811
Some time back I prayed that God would help me not to be obsessed with a girl and that I would not continue to sin by viewing pornography, but then I would end up sinning by doing those very things.... I have sinned so much against God, as a follower of Christ, that lately I feel that God won’t forgive me anymore.... Now I feel condemned and afflicted with a lot of fear because I [...]
Case 810
I met a man... and over the next days and months a relationship developed.... One day he confessed to me that he was in the process of getting a divorce. He said that he loved me, but that he needed some time. As the days passed, everything changed. I started having mental and psychological struggles. Someone told me that I should get help from psychics, so I did. I gave them personal information and they [...]
Case 809
I have not been able to get pregnant, even though that is my deepest longing. Sometimes I cry [in frustration], and other times I believe that God can [give me a child].... I’ve often wanted to tell my husband to leave me and find another woman who can give him a child[, as did Sarah, the wife of Abraham, who was the father of all Jews, Muslims, and Christians. Sarah gave Abraham a son, Ishmael, [...]
Case 808
A little over two years ago my two eldest daughters and I took my ninety-plus-year-old grandmother back to her house in another state. I was driving that day when a truck plowed into the back of my car, crushing my two princesses and my grandmother. I was hospitalized for more than a month of physical therapy. How could this happen, leaving me with such an intolerable level of pain in my soul? Is God just? [...]
Case 807
For fifteen years I have been married to a man who is respectful, responsible, cultured, a hard worker, faithful, and for the past five years a good father. However, in spite of the fact that he says he loves me, he hasn’t shown support when I’ve need it the most. He has never been very expressive.... But what bothers me the most is that, when he gets really angry, he begins to break things. He [...]
Case 806
I asked my girlfriend to marry me, and she said yes.... We have had a wonderful relationship and we love each other. However, one time she did something that I don’t think is normal. I noticed that she kept looking at another guy. We’ve talked about it and I’ve told her that if she’s attracted to him, I can go away, but she says I’m the only one that she loves and she doesn’t want [...]
Case 805
My parents got divorced when I was nine years old. Since then, there has been no peace in my life. My father, who is twenty years older than my mother, goes from woman to woman, and he brings them with him when he is permitted to visit me at home.... My mother has been in a relationship that began even before the divorce... but she leaves me alone in our family’s house, if you can [...]
Case 804
My wife had to move to another area because of her job. She told me to come with her to take care of our children, and that she would take care of the household expenses.... But my mother-in-law had to come and live with us for medical reasons.... and ever since she moved in, things have changed.... She started contributing to household expenses along with my wife, so they looked down on me and began [...]