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I was married to a Recon Marine from the VietNam war. This series puts in words, heart, feelings and pictures what we lived for 18 yrs. We married because our love for each other and of our faith in Christ was passionate. He came from a broken alcoholic home, I from a Christian home and heritage. We went to counseling, learned communication tools, were selected as examples to our church sharing what we were learning to encourage others to "work through" tough times in marriage and not quit. Suddenly at 9 yrs. of marriage he started to withdraw, little by little and put down his Bible. He started becoming emotionally and mentally unavailable except rage outbursts. He left us, 2 grade school daughters, at 18 yrs. anniv. Within 2 yrs. received a call from a VA hospital, he had clinically died & was revived. VA saw his liver was dying historically had started about same time he started to change & withdraw. God kept me living with him, continuing to grow through the difficulties, while he was dying physically & emotionally inside, but I had no idea those many years but God did, A wise counselor said, "You don't if can or can't learn and do what he knows. If he were a paraplegic he could not walk when told." That stuck with me. After he gained strength , he returned to the area near our/his 2 daughters now young adults. We also became friends. My current husband was confused but knows the Lord works in unexplainable ways so supported the relationship. When he died 2 years later, his eulogy was a testimony to his faith in Christ. The man known as "The Preacher" in VietNam, became wanderer in his little town sharing Jesus with whomever read his Bible under the mountain trees, until his dying day. His Bible was filled with notes made while reading. He was a prime example of what this video series portrays. I know it will help thousands. Get several copies, share with those who have been to war. It's never too late to help the ones we love. This video is a tool that will help accomplish this objective and keep your marriage together, through it all. I've told our story in hind sight. I had no idea what was wrong with my husband in the beginning. He became someone he wasn't eventually, but God hates divorce. God gave me strength to stand firm, hold the ground till the battle was over. We were blessed to be a little part of the end of my husbands story, his testimony...so did my new husband. Blessings, AE in N. Calif.
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