Case 788
A few years ago, I beat my son, harshly punishing him. He was six years old, and when his mom saw the bruises, she reported me for child abuse. I was sentenced to six years in jail. This month, not having any information about my son, I went to his mom’s workplace to find out about him, but she immediately pressed charges, alleging that I made a scene in the street and at her workplace. [...]
Case 787
I am a university student. I apply myself, but I’m addicted to video games and because of that I failed an important exam. I need some emotional support or advice to help me get over my addiction. I want to be successful, but this bad habit won’t let me. What pricks my conscience is that I lie to my father telling him that I’m doing very well. At times I want to tell him the [...]
Case 786
I made the biggest mistake of my life by going out with a guy who is not a follower of Christ, as I am. I ended up pregnant, and my baby was born; but I never moved out of my family’s house. My baby’s father had hopes that we would get married and be a family; but he doesn’t want to go to church and, the few times he has gone, my family has treated [...]
Case 785
A week ago I stole something. It’s not the first time, but this time it has been very serious and I am very sorry. I don’t know how to get my parents to forgive me and to understand that I am really sorry. I’m only fifteen years old, and I don’t want this to ruin our lives. I know that what I did was wrong, but I want to obtain the forgiveness of my parents [...]
Case 784
I am taking a pre-university course to be able to major in the field of architecture.... My problem is that I am economically disadvantaged and have no one helping me.... My mom can’t help me because I have two younger brothers, and she had to raise us without a father.... Every day I wonder what I should do, but I can’t come up with an answer.... I don’t know whether to continue my studies or [...]
Case 783
I have had a girlfriend for the past seventeen months. Five months ago I asked her to marry me, and she said yes. We are planning to be married in December of this year. However, there is something that I keep worrying about, and that is that I lied to her when we were first getting to know each other. I told her that I had never had sexual relations with any woman, and now [...]
Case 782
My husband moved out because one night I didn’t make it home from work, having been stuck there with no one to give me a ride to our house. He says that’s a lie, that I should have found a way to get home, and that my attitude was not right. This month we celebrate our twelfth anniversary. I think he made a bad decision. I had never given him any reason to doubt or [...]
Case 780
About a month ago I found out that my husband was being unfaithful to me.... I had never before been hurt as much as that… As soon as his infidelity was discovered, he separated from the woman and ended the secret relationship.... He has asked me to forgive him because he doesn’t want to lose me. We have a six-year-old daughter who misses her father a great deal when he is not home. Because of [...]
Case 781
I have a grandson that I raised like a son because his parents abandoned him.... I love him with all my heart.... He has always told me that he would still be a virgin when he got married.... But two weeks ago I found a negative pregnancy test in his bedroom.... I confronted him, and he categorically denied it until he finally confessed it. I told him that the saddest thing was that he disobeyed [...]