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Made an attempt to reconcile

Yeshua1

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Offer to drive her to appointments if you are available. Give her some good music CDs. Bring a meal. Send her flowers. Be there for her. I'm sorry she is struggling with this and right on the heels of the end of her marriage.
Maybe instead of street preaching for now, maybe God has the ministry field to be just now his wife?
 

evangelist6589

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Maybe instead of street preaching for now, maybe God has the ministry field to be just now his wife?

I have not open aired in a couple months. The last time I did so I was mocked and heckled by another open air preacher of another religion dressed like a pirate. I think he did so to intently mock me. I also almost had my stuff taken. I will open air again but I need some protection.
 

JonShaff

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I have not open aired in a couple months. The last time I did so I was mocked and heckled by another open air preacher of another religion dressed like a pirate. I think he did so to intently mock me. I also almost had my stuff taken. I will open air again but I need some protection.
What kind of protection?
 

JonC

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I have not open aired in a couple months. The last time I did so I was mocked and heckled by another open air preacher of another religion dressed like a pirate. I think he did so to intently mock me. I also almost had my stuff taken. I will open air again but I need some protection.
An open air preacher dressed like a pirate?
 

blessedwife318

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Well I tried to reconcile and she refused to respond. I will try again at some point.
No not at some point, tomorrow or this weekend at the latest. some point is too ambiguous and doesn't have built in accountability to it. Pick one day out of the week that you try. On that day you call, or email, or send flowers or something. Show that you can be consistent in pursuing her and seeking reconcilation. Trust has been broken and the only way to begin to build it back up is to show that you can be trusted to contact her when you say you will.

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Don

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Success: Reconciliation
Failure: Not reconciliation

You can define these however you like. I'm just thinking about the ultimate goal.
Stefan, please forgive me, but there's a specific reason I'm pushing this. Your definition of success is perfect. I would submit that reconciliation isn't the total measure of success; continual reconciliation takes continual work....

Your definition of failure, however, is still ambiguous. "Failure: Not reconciliation" means what, exactly? He or she dies without them being reconciled to each other? One or the other tries a couple of times, and gives up, and meets "not reconciled"? Salty referenced Matthew 18; 490 attempts, and still no reconciliation?

If you'd like, I can explain why I'm nit-noying this in a private message.
 

StefanM

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Stefan, please forgive me, but there's a specific reason I'm pushing this. Your definition of success is perfect. I would submit that reconciliation isn't the total measure of success; continual reconciliation takes continual work....

Your definition of failure, however, is still ambiguous. "Failure: Not reconciliation" means what, exactly? He or she dies without them being reconciled to each other? One or the other tries a couple of times, and gives up, and meets "not reconciled"? Salty referenced Matthew 18; 490 attempts, and still no reconciliation?

If you'd like, I can explain why I'm nit-noying this in a private message.

It was just a simple, non-exhaustive definition. If the goal is reconciliation, then reaching that goal (in whatever form) is success. Not reaching the goal is failure.

That's not necessarily saying the effort was worthless.
 

Martin Marprelate

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I made an attempt to reconcile with my ex-wife and will see if she responds.
This is great news! I'm so glad. God hates divorce. Evan, I'll be praying for you both. It takes two to reconcile, but only one to start the process.
I do feel bad for her given her cancer which has spread to other organs unfortunately. Don't know what can be done.
I'm really sorry to hear this. Do everything you can to be there for her.
 

Jkdbuck76

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Just helping her is huge. A ride to chemo or a ride home.
Get her some Ensure to drink. Or if she has to take lots of anti nausea drugs (which knock people out), offer to sit with her until someone else can be there with her.

I had cancer. It was awful. I could NOT have made it by myself. This is your chance to help her.

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evangelist6589

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Just helping her is huge. A ride to chemo or a ride home.
Get her some Ensure to drink. Or if she has to take lots of anti nausea drugs (which knock people out), offer to sit with her until someone else can be there with her.

I had cancer. It was awful. I could NOT have made it by myself. This is your chance to help her.

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I will start with mailing her a get well card.
 
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