A United Front Testimony: Cheryl

About eight years ago , I knew something was greatly lacking in my marriage of 22 years and I began praying for deeper intimacy with my husband. If I had known how God would answer this prayer, I might have run, but God's ways are always best. Then, about three years ago, my life was shattered when I saw my husband looking at pornography on the Internet. I was devastated and terribly confused about what to do and who to turn to, especially as my husband was a pastor. I wish now that I had known about Setting Captives Free but, again, God's ways are best. My husband seemed very repentant and told me he had turned from his sin. We eventually received counseling and our marriage began to deepen, with a new level of intimacy. I thought everything was fine. But then, five months ago, I found out that my husband was still deeply involved in sexual sin. This time, God brought him to the end of himself, broke him, and brought him to true repentance. Almost immediately, my husband enrolled in The Way of Purity course at Setting Captives Free. (He had known about this course for a long time but had never enrolled in it, knowing that he was still involved in sin and would be held accountable.) God began to use the course and the Scripture it contained in a powerful way in my husband's life, and he told me about the United Front course for spouses. I had read the book, The Excellent Wife, years before and wasn't sure what God had for me in the course, but I went ahead and started it anyway. What I didn't know was that I had yet to learn the full extent of my husband's sin. This would cause great pain, and God knew that I would need the support of a godly friend and the knowledge that I was not alone to carry me through this time. God provided this through my mentor, Meril, a wonderful woman of God, for whom I am deeply grateful. Also, reading through other women's testimonies each day of the course and focusing on what I could do to be the wife God wanted me to be helped me so much. My husband is now walking in radiant sexual purity, he has a hunger for God and His Word that amazes me, and our marriage is becoming far more intimate than I ever dreamed possible. Thank you, Setting Captives Free, and thank You, God!