Anonymous
Beloved of All
I'm sorry to hear about your situation. It sounds incredibly challenging. Here's a redacted version of your message:
I'm at the final breaking point in my marriage. My husband and I have been married for eleven years and I can't do it anymore. He's not a good man, and I have to lie to his face telling him that he is. For the past eleven years he's been emotionally abusive to me, and I've gone along with pretty much everything he says or does, even so far as allowing my emotionally and physically abusive mother-in-law to be deeply involved in our marriage. The last year I thought things were getting better between us, until I found out that he and my mother-in-law have been talking smack about me behind my back and basically saying that my husband doesn't owe me anything. You see, my husband has been in between jobs over the years and has had difficulty with them; he wants to move down to where his mother-in-law is, even though I've set a clear boundary of no cause of how I feel about her. Turns out, they were plotting behind my back to do that. My husband is telling me that it was just an idea and not to give it much thought, but I've seen the texts between him and his mom about me. I'm so done. I'm so over how he's treated me, how his mom has treated me, and this whole marriage. I've wanted things to work, but he refuses to do counseling or therapy, and refuses to go to church now. Please pray for me, God hates divorce but I'm miserable. What do I do? God help me.
I'm at the final breaking point in my marriage. My husband and I have been married for eleven years and I can't do it anymore. He's not a good man, and I have to lie to his face telling him that he is. For the past eleven years he's been emotionally abusive to me, and I've gone along with pretty much everything he says or does, even so far as allowing my emotionally and physically abusive mother-in-law to be deeply involved in our marriage. The last year I thought things were getting better between us, until I found out that he and my mother-in-law have been talking smack about me behind my back and basically saying that my husband doesn't owe me anything. You see, my husband has been in between jobs over the years and has had difficulty with them; he wants to move down to where his mother-in-law is, even though I've set a clear boundary of no cause of how I feel about her. Turns out, they were plotting behind my back to do that. My husband is telling me that it was just an idea and not to give it much thought, but I've seen the texts between him and his mom about me. I'm so done. I'm so over how he's treated me, how his mom has treated me, and this whole marriage. I've wanted things to work, but he refuses to do counseling or therapy, and refuses to go to church now. Please pray for me, God hates divorce but I'm miserable. What do I do? God help me.

Prayer Focus: God, Thank You for loving me. Thank You for loving me, Jesus. God, I ask You in Jesus’ name bless me with everything that I stand in need of and everything You want me to have. Bless me to know You in truth, fall in love with You with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength and never fall out of love with You. Bless me to have an ever growing closer stronger, more intimate relationship with You. Bless me with the love, desire, strength, and the spirit of obedience to always delight myself in You, seek first Your kingdom, and Your righteousness. Help and strengthen me God to always respect and obey You. Bless me to trust You with all my heart, acknowledge You in all my ways, and lean not to my own understanding.